U.K. July Consumer Confidence Drops to 15-Month Low

U.K. consumer confidence dropped in July for a third month, plunging to the lowest since the aftermath of the economy’s worst quarterly contraction in three decades last year, Nationwide Building Society said.

The index of sentiment slumped 7 points from the previous month to 56, the customer-owned lender said in an e-mailed statement today. The result was the lowest since April 2009. A measure of expectations for the economy fell 13 points to 76.