Spending to fall both this year and next

We continue to expect falling real incomes to prompt consumer spending to drop this year. In fact, with inflation possibly heading to 5% and pay growth showing few signs of following, we recently revised our forecast for the fall in spending this year from 0.5% to 1%.

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