The slump in real income growth has forced Australian households to reduce their saving rate to a nine-year low in order to continue increasing their spending. This can’t continue indefinitely, especially when debt is still rising, confidence is falling and house price inflation is slowing. Slow income growth will eventually lead to much slower consumption growth.
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