🇬🇧 UK retail hits an 18-month low, and the BoE's hawks still want to hike Home Tags The day in view 🇬🇧 UK retail hits an 18-month low, and the BoE's hawks still want to hike Macro Soup Newsroom June 26, 2026 3 min read Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Email Copy link The CBI's Distributive Trades Survey fell to −54 in June, an 18-month low, even as Bank of England hawks debate hiking from 3.75% into a consumer slump already running at near-crisis severity. Read next Featured Post The day in view 📰 Daily Macro Roundup: 2026-07-13 Paid Post The day in view 🇨🇳 China's AI export boom masks a consumer economy that's still shrinking
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