Omicron hits UK economy as dining out tumbles; US PCE inflation hits 39-year high – as it happened
by Graeme Wearden from Economics | The Guardian on (#5TA7J)
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
- Latest: US consumer prices rising fastest since 1982
- UK seated diner numbers tumbled in last week
- UK private sector growth slowed in the three months to December
- UK energy bills could surge 50% amid national crisis"
- Risk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delta, UK data suggests
UK restaurants suffered a plunge in customers last week, as concerns over omicron led people to avoid restaurants and pubs and Christmas parties were cancelled.
The number of UK seated diners tumbled by 14 percentage points in the week to Monday 20th December, to just 88% of the same week in 2019, the Office for National Statistics reports.
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