British Consumers Keep Economy Humming Months After Brexit Vote

Consumers buoy UK economy despite Brexit

Britain's consumers have confounded warnings that Brexit would cause a
slowdown in the UK economy, spending lavishly in the final three months of
2016 and holding the country's growth rate at a robust level.

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British Consumers Keep Economy Humming Months After Brexit Vote




The U.K. economy has performed better than most experts expected since June’s Brexit vote, thanks largely to British consumers who confounded predictions that they would cut back on spending.