Consumer spending has been broadly flat since 2014’s sales tax hike as households have used the windfall from falling energy and import prices to replenish savings. However, we believe that this is about to change. We expect consumer spending to expand by 1% both next year and in 2018 following a 0.3% increase this year.
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