LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Consumer confidence in the United Kingdom took a hit in July, research firm GfK said on Thursday, with an index score of -2.
That was well shy of forecasts for +2, and it was down from +1 in June.
The July reading marked the first decline in six months.
'The almost relentless rise of the last six months couldn't continue indefinitely, and the government will be hoping this is just a temporary setback rather than the forerunner of a wider decline in confidence,' Nick Moon, managing director of GfK NOP Social Research, said in a statement.
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