We are not convinced by suggestions that, due to either income being under recorded or based on alternative ways of measuring savings, the true household saving rate is much higher than the published figure suggests. Even if for one reason or another the saving rate were to be revised up a bit, to put households’ finances on firmer footing it would still need to rise next year. With income growth set to remain fairly subdued, this can only be achieved by slower consumption growth.
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