Britons With Pounds to Spend a Bright Spot in Economy

With eight days left of David Cameron’s government, the British economy looks similar to the one he inherited five years ago.

Consistent with the past two decades, U.K. consumers remain central to growth, as gross domestic product data signaled yesterday. While the economy is now sustaining a recovery that eluded it in 2010, the repair job on frailties including lackluster productivity remains a work in progress.