{
  "id": 16126679,
  "title": "U.K. Consumer Confidence Suffers Biggest Drop Since Pandemic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/u-k-consumer-confidence-suffers-biggest-drop-since-pandemic",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T00:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
    "slug": "wsj-economy",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/u-k-consumer-confidence-suffers-biggest-drop-since-pandemic-e113231a?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Consumer sentiment in the U.K. tumbled at the fastest pace since the Covid-19 pandemic this month as mounting cost-of-living pressures reversed the bounce in optimism seen over the summer.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}