The upward revisions to consumption mean that household spending has more momentum than previously thought and raise the risk that households will spend most of the income tax cuts due on 1st July. However, the revisions also mean that the household savings rate is lower than earlier reported. We suspect that households will use most of the income windfall to restore their savings buffers and only expect a major acceleration in consumption growth next year.
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