Solid fundamentals will prevent consumer meltdown

With the economic slowdown feeding through to weaker job gains, the apparent surge in consumption growth in the second quarter will not be sustained. But the strength of households’ balance sheets and the still-elevated saving rate suggest that, barring a collapse in the labour market, consumption growth will slow only gradually over the coming years.

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