-5.8 on previous index reading
The Consumer Pulse came in at 90.7 in October 2018, down 5.8 on September and posting its lowest reading in 20 months. With time running out and no breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations, households’ were more downbeat about the general economic situation and the outlook for unemployment this month. Budget 2019 also made the headlines in October but as the income tax reductions and social welfare increases provided for were fairly modest, households’ assessment of their own finances was little changed, though there may be more of a reaction when the measures take effect.
