‘Anaemic’ purchase intentions temper consumer confidence increase

Consumer confidence was up two points in September, in spite of the looming Brexit deadline, with all five measures of GfK’s consumer confidence index increasing.
That said, confidence remains in negative territory at -12 and views on the wider economy are still poor.
The measure for the general economic situation of the country during the last 12 months has increased two points this month to -32 and is four points lower than in September 2018. Expectations for the general economic situati