British consumer confidence remained stuck at its joint-lowest level since 2013 in November as uncertainty around the Dec. 12 election and Brexit weighed on households, a survey showed on Friday.
Market research firm GfK said its consumer confidence index held at -14 in November, as expected in a Reuters poll of economists.
The survey looked in line with other indicators that have painted a subdued picture of the British economy, although a seasonally adjusted version of the GfK survey published by the European Commission on Thursday showed a small rise, reports Reuters.
“In the face of Brexit and election uncertainty, consumers are clearly in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode,” Joe Staton, client strategy director at GfK, said.
Spending by consumers has helped the economy at a time when many companies have cut investment due to a lack of clarity about Brexit.
Earlier this week, a measure of retail sales rose to its highest level since April in November.