UK retail sales jump in April despite inflation at 40-year high

Down 0.3% from previous quarter

Valeria Martinez
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Retail sales volumes in the UK unexpectedly jumped by 1.4% between March and April, better than the 0.2% fall economists had expected, despite inflation rising to a record 9% in numbers released this week.

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