A Healthy Path to Chinese Consumption Growth

That, in turn, led to a rise in consumer spending, prompting businesses to increase production and hiring, which meant more incomes and therefore even more consumer spending.

The resulting rise in household wealth boosted consumer spending and revived residential construction.

Government consumption expenditure per capita has recovered less rapidly and remains lower than 1990 levels in all regions (Note this is partly to

Meanwhile, an increasing portion of this expenditure was allocated to satisfy urgent consumption needs.

A distinction has already been made (above) between drawing up accounts relating to an activity and accounts relating to institutions, of which the household is the form of particular interest here. Allied to this is the difference between seeing income as a reward that

And labor income is the most important component of household earnings, the major driver of consumption spending.

Investors fearing geopolitical catastrophe might cope to some degree by raising their consumption spending. But there is a limit to this option.

Investors fearing geopolitical catastrophe might cope to some degree by raising their consumption spending.

Reduced household wealth would lead, in turn, to lower consumer spending, further depressing GDP.

Absolute levels of consumption expenditure since 1990 have followed similar trends to those of GDP.

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Meanwhile, the US cannot expect much relief from exports, given the global economic slowdown, or from consumer spending.

The Fed decided to define price stability as a two percent annual inflation over the medium term of the price index of consumer expenditures.

Raising rates could alleviate those fears, increasing consumer confidence and spending.

Another indication of the role of wealth in fueling higher consumer spending is the decline in the household saving rate.

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Past experience suggests that each 100 increase in household wealth leads to a gradual rise in consumer spending until the spending level has increased by about 4.

Basic food and clothing still dominate household expenditures across the EECCA region although their consumption decreased from 65 to 48 of overall household consumption expenditure between 2000 and 2005.

The official national income accounting data for the second quarter are now available, and they show that the rebates did very little to stimulate spending.

The US Congress and the Bush administration enacted a 100 billion tax rebate in an attempt to stimulate consumer spending.

However, available evidence suggests that the prime use of remittances is to finance consumption expenditures.

The remittance flow continues to be buoyant.

And real wage growth stands at less than 2 , which is below the level deemed necessary by the Fed to underpin a sustainable acceleration in consumer spending.

Figure 2.11 Trends in household and government final consumption expenditure per capita in PPP (1990 2005)

CAMBRIDGE China s economic policymakers want to shift the country s production away from exports and heavy industry, and to increase the share of consumption in GDP.

Higher interest rates and a deceleration of housing price inflation dampened household consumption expenditures in the course of 2004.

Household consumption expenditure in Eastern Europe is growing particularly rapidly and by 2005 was already 40 higher than in 1990.

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If not reversed, it will cause further cuts in production, employment, and earnings, leading to further reductions in consumer spending.

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