More UK data - Barclaycard measure of consumer spending +2.5% in April vs. +3.2% in March

Barclaycard noted strong spending at pubs and restaurants

• +13% in pubs
• +10% in restaurants
• airline spending -4.8%, adds Reuters, the weakest performance for the category since Barclaycard started tracking it in 2015.

Overall +2.5%

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GBP unmoved, as noted in the BRC post.