The recent run of bad news from Spain suggests that consumers’ wallets will remain firmly closed this year. While the Government’s fiscal package may provide households with a temporary boost in the second half of this year, it will not be able to offset the perfect storm of falling house prices, rising CPI inflation and, perhaps most importantly, a deteriorating labour market.
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