Ngokwezibalo zakamuva ezabiwe yi-Office for National Statistics (ONS), isamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya wase-UK (GDP) silinganiselwa ukuthi sehle ngo-0.3% engxenyeni yesine ka-2023 (Okthoba kuya kuDisemba) okubonisa ukwehla komnotho njengoba abathengi beqinisa isabelomali.
I-ONS ichaza ukuthi lokhu kulandela ukwehla okulinganiselwe okungabuyekeziwe okungu-0.1% kwikota edlule (Julayi kuya kuSepthemba 2023).
Njengoba umnotho wase-UK wehla amakota amabili elandelana ngo-2023, lokhu kusho ukuthi izwe langena ekwehleni komnotho ekupheleni kuka-2023, yize i-ONS iphawula ukuthi i-GDP iyonke ilinganiselwa ukuthi inyuke ngo-0.1% ngo-2023, uma iqhathaniswa no-2022.
I-ONS iphinde yaveza ukuthi lolu wushintsho olubuthaka kakhulu lwaminyaka yonke ku-GDP yangempela kusukela kwaba nenkinga yezimali ngo-2009, ngaphandle konyaka ka-2020, owathintwa ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus (COVID-19).
Umkhulumeli weBritish Retail Consortium (BRC) utshele i-Just Style: “Ukwethenjwa kwabathengi okuntekenteke kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali kubangele ukuthi amanani okuthengiswa kwezimpahla ehle ngo-2023 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.”
I-BRC yengeze ngokuthi uhulumeni uzodinga ukukhulisa ukuzethemba kwabathengi ngo-2024, yengeza ngokuthi: "Uma uhulumeni efuna ukukhulisa umnotho, uzodinga ukuthola izindlela zokukhulisa ukuzethemba nokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwezindlu kulo nyaka."
Idatha eyabiwe yi-ONS ibonisa ukuthi amanani okungenisa e-UK ehle ngo-0.8% kwikota yakamuva, kulandela ukwehla ngo-1.8% ku-Q3 2023. Ukwehla kubangelwa ngokwengxenye ukwehla kwempahla ethengwayo ngo-0.7%.
I-ONS ithe lokhu kwehla kokungeniswa kwezimpahla kwamanye amazwe kudalwe ukwehla kwabakhiqizi abahlukahlukene - ikakhulukazi kusukela kubakhiqizi bezimpahla zokugqoka nabanye abathengi.
I-ONS iphinde yaphawula ukuthi izinsizakalo ezibhekene nabathengi zehle ngo-0.7% ku-Q4 2023, lokhu kuthiwa kuqhutshwa kakhulu ngokuwa kwemisebenzi yesevisi kanye nokuhweba okudayisa, okuhlanganisa izingubo nezicathulo.
Ukwehla kwamandla emali okuphezulu kanye nenkinga ekhulayo yezindleko zokuphila kuqinise amandla okusebenzisa kubathengi emhlabeni wonke, okuholele ezinkampanini zemfashini eziningana nabathengisi babike isidingo esihamba kancane. Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu okufika ngesikhathi nakho kube nomthelela enkingeni yabathengisi.
Kuleli sonto, umdayisi wezimpahla wase-US iDelta Apparel ubike ukuqala okuyinselele onyakeni wezimali ka-2024, lapho ukuthengiswa kanye nemali engenayo yokusebenza yehla ngekota yokuqala ephele zingama-30 kuZibandlela wezi-2023, ngenxa “yezimakethe ezingezinhle neze”.
NgoJanuwari, i-BRC ixwayise ukuthi unyaka ka-2024 ubukeka uzoba omunye unyaka oyinselelo ezitolo zase-UK ezichitha imali eningi ngezindleko zokuphila.
Ngaleso sikhathi, isikhulu esiphezulu seBRC, uHelen Dickinson OBE, sathi: “U-2024 ubukeka ungomunye unyaka onenselelo kubathengisi namakhasimende abo, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kuzoqhubeka kubanjelwe yizindleko eziphakeme zokuphila.
“Abadayisi kuzomele babhekane nengcindezi yezindleko ezahlukene, okuhlanganisa nokunyuka kwamanani ebhizinisi kulo Ephreli. Lokhu kuzohlanganiswa nezinye izinkinga ezisafufusa, njengokuphazanyiswa kokuthunyelwa kwempahla esuka eMpumalanga Ekude ngoLwandle Olubomvu. Amaqembu ezepolitiki kumele acubungule lesi sigameko uma ebeka izinhlelo zawo zokudayisa kuma-manifesto ukuze akwazi ukusekela imboni ukuthi ikhule, itshale imali futhi isize amakhasimende.”
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