Thread by @telebusiness

Take a Twitter detox over the festive break?

If you're just logging back in, fear not; we've rounded-up some of the best @telebusiness reads from the past week below…
#thread

We first wrote about there being yet more pain for retailers, with the number of people visiting shops on Christmas Eve falling by 9.4% compared to the same day last year…

Read @cajuk's story on how (and why) shoppers stayed away here: telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…
#retail

.@Tim_Wallace then delivered some in-depth analysis about how Britain's economic growth is set to reach a solid rate at the end of 2020 and potentially a faster pace beyond (assuming #Brexit is done on time)…

Read it here: telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

It's a different story globally; on Boxing Day, @Tim_Wallace revealed how the US-China trade war is the biggest threat to international growth…

If things flare up again, global growth could be slashed by almost one %-point this year – and 1.3 the next telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

ICYMI: @EdClowes wrote about how the Deepwater Horizon disaster helped to save BP telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…
#oil

The next day, @LauraOnita covered Debenhams' annus horribilis…

Once a main fixture in dozens of town centres, the department store chain is on life support after falling into the hands of its lenders telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…
#retail

Last week, @tomelleryrees revealed how almost £4bn has been ploughed back into funds that invest in London-listed shares since the election was called…

It's the biggest wave of money since prior to the EU referendum telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

What can business and the #economy expect from the coming year and beyond?

In his latest column, @JeremyWarnerUK warned us not to expect an easy ride in 2020 telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

.@RogerBootle had a more positive outlook…

He wrote that with political uncertainty behind us, there's a chance for the #economy to pick up – and not just at home, but also abroad telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

.@lizzzburden and Hasan Chowdhury had the difficult task of rounding-up an entire decade in business…

From Occupy Wall Street to the start of the eurozone crisis, read their pick of the biggest stories of the past 10 years here: telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…

From looking back to ahead, @russ_lynch listed the five big issues that will dominate the world #economy next year telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…
#Brexit

Finally, we turned our focus to you – were you paying attention in 2019?

Test your knowledge of the past 12 months in the world of business with our interactive quiz of the year here: telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/…