{"id":"uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","canonicalSlug":"uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","language":"en","title":"UK household spending rises 0.3% in second quarter","summary":"ONS attributes the largest contributions to clothing and footwear, restaurants and hotels, and housing.","body":["Inflation-adjusted household spending in the UK is estimated to have grown 0.3% in the second quarter of 2026, the Office for National Statistics reported. Spending was 1.2% higher than in the same quarter a year earlier.","Clothing and footwear, restaurants and hotels, and housing made the largest contributions to quarterly growth. The release covers household final consumption expenditure in the National Accounts; ONS says the series is subject to revision."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"UK household spending rises 0.3% in second quarter\n\nONS attributes the largest contributions to clothing and footwear, restaurants and hotels, and housing.\n\nInflation-adjusted household spending in the UK is estimated to have grown 0.3% in the second quarter of 2026, the Office for National Statistics reported. Spending was 1.2% higher than in the same quarter a year earlier.\n\nClothing and footwear, restaurants and hotels, and housing made the largest contributions to quarterly growth. The release covers household final consumption expenditure in the National Accounts; ONS says the series is subject to revision.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-30","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-30","translatedAt":"2026-10-05T23:18:42Z","sources":[{"name":"Office for National Statistics","url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/satelliteaccounts/bulletins/consumertrends/apriltojune2026","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-30"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/uk-household-spending-grows-q2-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}