# Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS
Author: Pal sinha, Barnali
Author URL: https://startupobserver.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali/
Published: 2021-10-21
Category: Finance
Category URL: https://startupobserver.com/category/finance/
Meta Title: UK Card Spending Falls in Key Categories
URL: https://startupobserver.com/card-spending-in-uk-falls-below-pre-covid-average-ons/

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[LONDON](https://startupobserver.com/london-listed-spac-moves-closer-to-launch-of-lloyds-insurance-vehicle/) (Reuters) – Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2020, official data showed on Thursday.

The sharpest falls over the past week came for [spending](https://startupobserver.com/wpp-lowers-full-year-forecast-as-tech-clients-curb-spending/) in the ‘staple’ and work-related categories, although social spending and spending on ‘delayable’ goods such as clothing and furnishing were furthest below their [pre-pandemic](https://startupobserver.com/heathrow-passenger-numbers-near-pre-pandemic-levels-in-june/) level.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce, editing by David Milliken)


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