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That bell-weather of middle class consumerism, John Lewis is warning of lower sales & falling profits in the coming six months, partly driven by the economic impact of the US attacks on Iran. This offers further evidence that the cost-of-living crisis, rather than easing is working its way up the income scale. This may merely confirms the breadth of the UK's economic doldrums, but might it be indicative of something deeper? Fears of technological unemployment? #economics #politics h/t FT