UK Consumer Confidence

A man carrying a brown paper carrier bag from high street retailer Boots exits a shop with advertising a closing down sale sign in its window as economists predict that the ongoing cost of living crisis will put the squeeze on British households' pockets, slowing the country's post-Covid financial recovery significantly with families reducing spending on 27th March, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Experts predict that the rising cost of food and energy in the UK will see those with lower incomes spending more of their money on essentials. (photo by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images)