YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research

  • Consumer confidence index rose to 108.2 from 107.1 in December,

Citing:

  • growing optimism among households about their finances

"We expect the UK's economic performance this year to remain broadly in line with that seen in 2017," Nina Skero, CEBR's head of macroeconomics, said. "It's not all good news though, as consumers remain doubtful about job security and future house prices"

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The survey was conducted in the first three weeks of January and was based on responses from around 4,500 people

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