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Citigroup, which was the most accurate forecaster of Britain’s economy last year, predicts the slowest rise in consumer spending this year since 1992.

"After the credit-fuelled boom in domestic demand and asset prices, the UK economy now faces a hangover, with slowing credit growth, falling property prices and tightening lending standards," said Michael Saunders, its UK economist.

Last week oil prices hit $100 a barrel, presaging a rise in petrol and diesel prices on the fore-courts. Npower, Britain’s fourth biggest energy supplier, announced that energy prices would go up sharply, raising the prospect of the average household bill rising above £1,000 for the first time. More>>

Hill, 92, died of congestive heart failure. His wife, Mazie, and his two surviving children, Shannon Hill Schaupp and Loma Skinner, both of South Carolina, were at his bedside. Before he died, his wife told him, "You're free to go."

"Daddy made a safe landing at 5 o'clock," said Shannon Schaupp, who is 58.

Services have not been set, but Hill will be buried next week at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

"We're going to miss him a lot, and he's definitely in a better place now," said U.S. More>>