There are growing indications that household finances are coming under pressure as mortgagors struggle with rising debt-servicing costs. Although households benefit from substantial liquidity buffers, we suspect they won’t be rushing to run those down to fund spending, not least because their savings rate is at its lowest level since the Global Financial Crisis.
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