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Sept retail sales +0.6%

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  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    shortchanged wrote: »
    Hang on FTBFun. Give me an hour to look through all the UK economic data.

    I'll be generous and give you two hours.
  • Jimmy_31
    Jimmy_31 Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    MrRee wrote: »
    It's looking good ... this is the start of the long climb back.

    People are spending - of that I witnessed last weekend in our Shopping Centre.

    Mortgage applications are up, house sales up.

    "It's not as bad as we thought" is what I hear around here.

    Great news for UK plc!

    Let's not knock it!

    I witnessed a man buy a twix from our town centre newsagents last saturday. Things are definitely improving in my neck of the woods.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Rinoa wrote: »
    When the only comment Graham has concerns his school protractor, we can safely assume these are encouraging figures.

    Am I by any chance getting to you? ;)
  • EchoLocation
    EchoLocation Posts: 901 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    MrRee wrote: »
    It's looking good ... this is the start of the long climb back.

    People are spending - of that I witnessed last weekend in our Shopping Centre.

    Mortgage applications are up, house sales up.

    "It's not as bad as we thought" is what I hear around here.

    Great news for UK plc!

    Let's not knock it!

    Sorry, this sounded a bit muffled, must be due to your head being in the sand.
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Now, Now, Now ....

    Be honest - who on here is really hurting?

    Maybe we/me/you can save £100 a month less ... so what?

    We're not starving, we live in freedom, we can live as we want to live ... just because the debts are coming home to roost just means people have to be accountable for their own destiny like never before.

    Those of us who have run our lives by careful management of money should rejoice that we are now proved to be the sensible ones and can now spend our wealth ..... saved through many years of frugal disciplne!
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Catapa
    Catapa Posts: 182 Forumite
    How does inflation play into this figure? With 5 inflation over September last year, 0.6% more turnover doesn't sound like much?
  • geneer
    geneer Posts: 4,220 Forumite
    Rinoa wrote: »
    When the only comment Graham has concerns his school protractor, we can safely assume these are encouraging figures.


    Actually, when your only comment concerns graham and his school protractor, we can safely assume these aren't all that encouraging figures.
  • Going4TheDream
    Going4TheDream Posts: 1,258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    MrRee wrote: »
    It's looking good ... this is the start of the long climb back.

    People are spending - of that I witnessed last weekend in our Shopping Centre.

    Mortgage applications are up, house sales up.

    "It's not as bad as we thought" is what I hear around here.

    Great news for UK plc!

    Let's not knock it!

    One swallow doesnt make a summer??

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/20/retail-sales-september?newsfeed=true
    Dont wait for your boat to come in 'Swim out and meet the bloody thing' ;)
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    edited 21 October 2011 at 10:24AM
    Jimmy_31 wrote: »
    I witnessed a man buy a twix from our town centre newsagents last saturday. Things are definitely improving in my neck of the woods.

    I suppose the crunch question is was it a kingsize?

    If it was I think we are definately out of the woods, if not I'm not so sure.
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • Rinoa
    Rinoa Posts: 2,701 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Am I by any chance getting to you? ;)

    :rotfl:

    No, I'm just pointing out the absurdity levels on some of your posts.

    Although there are so many of them, I could soon get bored.

    A bit like shooting fish in a barrel.;)
    If I don't reply to your post,
    you're probably on my ignore list.
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