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UK lenders reported that the availability of secured credit to households had decreased in the three months to end‑August

Lenders reported that the availability of secured credit to households had decreased in the three months to end‑August 2018 (Q3) and was expected to decrease again over the next three months to end‑November 2018 (Q4).
The availability of unsecured credit to households was reported to have decreased slightly in Q3 and was expected to decrease further in Q4. Credit scoring criteria for total unsecured loan applications were reported to have tightened in Q3, although the proportion of applications approved increased.
The overall availability of credit to the corporate sector was reported to have been unchanged in Q3. Within this, the availability of credit provided to small businesses was reported to have increased in Q3, and was unchanged for medium and large businesses. The overall availability of credit to the corporate sector was expected to decrease slightly in Q4.

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U.S industrial production rose 0.6 percent in November after moving down 0.2 percent in October

Industrial production rose 0.6 percent in November after moving down 0.2 percent in October; the index for October was previously reported to have edged up 0.1 percent. In November, manufacturing production was unchanged, the output of mining increased 1.7 percent, and the index for utilities gained 3.3 percent. At 109.4 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production was 3.9 percent higher in November than it was a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector rose 0.4

16:48 14.12.2018

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16:38 14.12.2018

U.S retail sales were $513.5 billion in November, an increase of 0.2 percent from the previous month

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for November 2018, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $513.5 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent from the previous month, and 4.2 percent above November 2017. Total sales for the September 2018 through November 2018 period were up 4.3 percent from the same period a year ago. The September 2018 to October 2018 percent change was revised from up 0.8 percent to up 1.1