British retail sales fall; gas shortage hits UK food; mining stocks and iron ore slides – business live
by Graeme Wearden from on (#5PMWZ)
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
- Latest: FTSE 100 at eight-week closing low
- Mining stocks hit by slide in iron ore
- CO2 shortage threatens meat and fizzy drinks
- Full story: Retail sales in Great Britain fall amid supply chain disruption
- Newsflash: Retail sales fell 0.9% in August...amid supply chain woes
- Travel shares jump on reports of UK restrictions easing
Britain's August retail sales drop shows the economy has entered a soft patch', says The Economist's Duncan Weldon:
The slide in iron ore prices in recent months is quite startling:
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