Who benefits from the recovery in national income?

Households have benefitted less from the plunge in energy prices and the surge in overseas investment income than other sectors. With wage growth set to remain subdued, we think that consumer spending will be sluggish this year before picking up next year as households bring forward spending ahead of the 2017 sales tax hike.

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