Household bills add to squeeze on incomes

Household bills could rise by over 8% this year, squeezing households’ spending power and contributing to a sharp slowdown in real consumer spending growth. It now looks unlikely that real household income this year will rise by much more than the weak 1.5% increase seen in 2007.

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