The proposed increase in the consumption tax in April 2014 and again in October 2015 can be expected to affect the economy through two routes. First, it will generate a front-loaded increase in demand followed by a decline after the tax rises. Second, rising prices will depress real incomes. This Weekly looks at these effects in more detail.
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