Although the euro-zone’s consumer sector currently appears to be in good shape, the combination of higher inflation compared to last year and continued weak wage growth points to annual household spending growth slowing this year. But other sectors of the economy will more than make up for weakness in the consumer sector, allowing GDP growth to accelerate in 2017.
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