# Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS
Published: 2021-10-21
Category: Finance
Category URL: https://technologydispatch.com/category/finance/
Meta Title: UK card spending falls to 97% of pre-pandemic level, sharp drops in 'staple' and work-related categories
Meta Description: Official data shows a drop in spending on credit and debit cards in the UK last week, with most drastic reductions in staple and work-related categories.
URL: https://technologydispatch.com/card-spending-in-uk-falls-below-pre-covid-average-ons/

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LONDON (Reuters) – Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2020, official data showed on Thursday.

The sharpest falls over the past week came for spending in the ‘staple’ and work-related categories, although social spending and spending on ‘delayable’ goods such as clothing and furnishing were furthest below their pre-pandemic level.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce, editing by David Milliken)


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