UK consumer confidence hits lowest level since Brexit vote - as it happened

The Bank of England’s interest rate rise has made Britons gloomier about economic prospectsSurvey: UK consumer confidence has fallen sharply
Details: Britons are more worried about house prices, household finances...German business confidence is boomingUK consumer confidence lagging behind US and EUBlack Friday - a bang or a whimper?6.02pm GMTHopes that Germany could yet form a coalition government after the Social Democrats held out the prospect of talks to break the current deadlock gave