We’ve assumed households just go back to saving the same share of their income as they did before the crisis. That is enough to drive a rapid economic recovery. The upside risk is if households go further and spend some of their stock of savings. Indeed, if households spent all the money they have saved since the COVID-19 crisis began, this could boost GDP to the tune of 6.5%.
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