🇬🇧 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 week in view 📰 Weekly Macro Roundup: 2026-11-07 Paid Post The week in view 🇨🇳 Beijing lowers the funding floor quietly, leans on the yuan and asks firms to buy their own shares
Paid Post The week in view 🇨🇳 Beijing lowers the funding floor quietly, leans on the yuan and asks firms to buy their own shares
Paid Post The week in view 🇨🇳 Beijing lowers the funding floor quietly, leans on the yuan and asks firms to buy their own shares
Paid Post The week in view 🌏 Real rates, not fuel bills, decided who could cut in emerging markets this week
Paid Post The week in view 🇬🇧 The Bank of England hiked into an upgraded economy, and not one MPC member voted to hold
Paid Post The week in view 🇪🇺 Energy is lifting inflation and sinking demand, and the ECB must pick a side in December
Paid Post The week in view 🇺🇸 Payrolls jumped 165,000, and the Fed's case for hiking has stopped depending on wages
Macro Indicators in Focus 📚 What nonfarm labor productivity measures, and how to read unit labor costs
