{
  "id": 538797,
  "title": "Consumer confidence at near two-year high as World Cup and UK holidaying lift summer spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/consumer-confidence-at-near-two-year-high-as-world-cup-and-uk",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/11/consumer-confidence-world-cup-uk-holidaying-lift-summer-spending-barclays-survey"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barclays says survey shows people feel more secure in jobs and have more leeway to spend on non-essentials Business live – latest updates Consumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men’s football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK lifted summer spending. A truce in the Middle East conflict in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "World Cup leads UK spending boost as confidence rebounds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/world-cup-leads-uk-spending-boost-as-confidence-rebounds",
        "published": "2026-08-11T03:19:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}