retail sale dip 01 after accelerate 18 in october these alleged core retail sale match most closely with the consumer spending part of gross domestic product more than halfway through the fourthly quarter consumer spend is above its thirdquarter pace however with disposable income now fall in real term and the rapid goaround of the omicron variant probably to wield at least some scuff on highcontact service activity real consumption growth front set for much dull growth over the calendarmonth ahead say andrew hunter a senior economist at capital economics consumer spending which history for more than twothirds of uracil economic activeness rise at a 17 annualized rate in the third quarter more than halfway through the fourth onefourth consumer spend is above its thirdquarter paceeconomic increase estimate are as high as an 87 rate the economy mature at a 21 pace in the third quarter