Earlier UK data is here: UK data, BRC Sales Like-for-like July: +0.5% y/y (expected 1.5%)

More now, this credit & debit card division of Barclays, Barclaycard

  • its measure of consumer spending +5 % y/y in July
  • includes spending in bars (+17%, helped along by the World Cup) and restaurants
  • driven by shopping in supermarkets, increase in fuel prices

Neither of these two data points tends to move GBP