The solid rise in unsecured borrowing in April suggests that households have turned to credit to support their spending as the cost of living squeeze has intensified. But consumers do not yet appear to be drawing on the large stock of savings they built up during the pandemic, increasing the likelihood that consumer spending falls by more in Q2 than the 0.2% q/q drop that we currently expect.
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