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Consumers have been keeping the UK economy afloat of late as businesses hold off investment, awaiting any kind of certainty on the outcome of Brexit.Hoard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY Item club says:The CBI distributive trades survey points to sharply weakened retail sales over late July and the first half of August.Specifically, the balance of retailers reporting year-on-year growth in sales volumes plunged to-49% in August from -16% in July.
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