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3 Numbers: Low CPI may rattle UK, German ZEW survey and US store sales
Inflation is the main event for UK economic news, with today’s release of consumer prices for August. Later, the German economy will be in focus as the market braces for another weak set of numbers in the ZEW survey on economic sentiment. Meantime, it’s a light day for macro reports in the US, although the weekly update on chain store sales will drop a fresh clue about the outlook for consumer spending. The latest run of numbers still show that growth has a sturdy bias in Britain, but there are widespread worries that trouble awaits if Scotland chooses independence on Thursday. A new poll of executives who run ... (full story)