Partly because of these significant gains, consumption has risen faster
than household disposable income over this period, and there has been a corresponding fall in the saving ratio.
Not exact matches
As of mid-2015, the measure (see blue line in chart) shows that less
than a third of
disposable income is required by a representative Canadian
household for mortgage payments and utility fees — below the long term average (brown line).
Together, Lane and Comley looked at the Broadway theater demographics, which has remained the same for many years — over 40 years old, Caucasian, largely female, higher average education and much higher
disposable income
than an average American family (the latest figure places the average annual
household income of the Broadway theatergoer at $ 194,940).
According to the last calculation from Statistics Canada, the average
household owes 165 per cent more
than it earns in annual
disposable income, meaning an average family with $ 100,000 annual
disposable income owes $ 165,000.
Over the past 20 years, Canadian
households have more
than doubled their ratio of debt to
disposable income (a key measure of leverage relative to their ability to pay).
As a share of total
household sector
disposable income, the cash flow effect in this scenario is estimated be less
than 0.2 per cent on average per annum over each of the next three years (Graph 7).
All the evidence suggests that boosting
household disposable incomes has way more effect on demand
than QE.
First among these drivers is the growing number of upper middle class and affluent
households, or those with more
than $ 24,000 and $ 46,000 in annual
disposable income, respectively.
Likewise, the disinflationary tailwind of lower oil and gas prices should provide a much greater
disposable income boost to lower income
households than higher income groups, as the former generally spend a larger share of income on energy.
If we assume that
disposable household income is currently half of GDP, eight years of real GDP growth of 6.9 % and real
disposable household income growth of 7.7 % will only raise the
household income share of GDP to 53.1 % in 2023, a little more
than 3 percentage points higher and still below its 21st Century average and leaving China as dependent as ever on investment and the current account surplus.
In the euro area, the
household saving rate increased due to a larger fall in real final consumption expenditure -LRB--0.7 %)
than in real gross
disposable income -LRB--0.4 %).
By 30 September 2012, Canadian
household debt to personal
disposable income reached a record 165 %, up from 137 % as of 30 June 2007, as debt grew faster
than personal incomes.
Annual growth is well down from the peaks seen in 1997/98, but it is still much stronger
than growth in
household disposable income or bank fixed deposits.
The latest figures shows the
household debt to
disposable income ratio at 167 per cent — higher
than in the U.S. before the crash.
With consumption growing more quickly
than disposable income, there has been a significant fall in the
household saving ratio.
Taking these facts into account, and allowing for the fact that
households with debt have, on average, incomes about 30 per cent higher
than the average for all
households, interest and principal repayments probably account for something like 20 per cent of
disposable income among those
households who have debt.
Reusing the same cloth diapers (rather
than trashing
disposables) allows your family to save money and reduce your
household trash.
He added: «On average, children, young people and
households with children each have less
disposable income
than working age
households without children.
The letter comes just a day after official figures showed that the UK economy is growing faster
than expected and that
household disposable income in back to pre-2010 levels.
The ratio as of March 15 shows that
households owed $ 1.67 for each $ 1 they generated in
disposable income, suggesting Canadians are living far beyond their means because they're borrowing way more
than they make.
TORONTO — Canadian
household debt hit a record high during the third quarter, as it grew at a faster pace
than disposable income, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.
According to some sources,
household debt averaged a record 133.7 % of
disposable income in the fourth quarter of 2007 - that means that people spent 33.7 % more
than they made.
In the most recently reported data from Statistics Canada,
households now carry about 153 per cent more in debt
than their annual
disposable income, with -LSB-...]
Indeed, the abundance of domestic natural gas is helping lower consumer energy costs for U.S. consumers — including those in the Northeast, which historically has paid more for electricity
than other parts of the country — and increasing average annual
household disposable income by $ 1,200.