GfK Consumer Confidence for February, -6

  • expected -6, prior -5

Also Lloyds Business Barometer (February), 40

  • prior 29

More on the ... GfK survey:

  • "Any momentum behind the post-Brexit, debt-fuelled, consumer spending boom now appears to be softening," said Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK.

And on the Lloyds business indicator:

  • At its highest since March of 2016
  • Said sentiment gained significantly

(errr, well, yeah, from 29 to 40 is a decent lift indeed))