Even if there are no further delays to the IRS processing tax refunds, we think households are on track to receive perhaps $30bn less in the first quarter than last year, equivalent to 0.7% of annualised disposable income. That may hit spending on durables goods particularly hard, though the impact on overall real consumption growth should be broadly offset by the drop back in gasoline prices.
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