BRC economist, Dr Liliana Danila, presents the state of consumer spend to date, pulling on a variety of data, from spend in retail to debit and credit card spend and other real-transaction data on overall spend in the UK.

The goal is to assess whether pent-up demand has been released and what is the near-term outlook for retail outlook, in the context of future challenges brought by the winding down of the furloughing scheme and the likely rise in infections...