India, Feb. 27 -- Consumer confidence in the United Kingdom dropped to a three-month low in February, defying expectations for a modest improvement, amid a deterioration in households' assessment of their personal financial situation, results of a survey showed on Friday.
The U.K. consumer confidence index fell to -19 from -16 in January, the Consumer Confidence Barometer survey by the GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM) revealed. Economists had expected a mild increase to -15. The latest reading is the lowest since November.
The survey was conducted among a sample of 2,003 individuals aged 16+ in the UK, who were interviewed between February 02nd and 16th.
Among the main subindexes, three decreased, one rose and a...