Not exact matches
All of that is making
consumers feel
wealthier, which could lead to more
spending.
Does this mean that
consumer spending growth will remain robust as increasingly «
wealthy» households...
When the national income is shifted from the broad
consumer base to the very
wealthy, the broad
consumer base has less to
spend, so the economy lags.
With the world economy poised to regain momentum this year and the penchant among
wealthy consumers to
spend on travel and gourmet food and wine rather than clothes and accessories, the future is bright for high - end hospitality.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the American Affluence Research Center took a poll among the
wealthiest 10 percent of Americans and found that among the 11 million households representing about half of all
consumer income in this country, plans to reduce
spending will mean a softness in the sale of new motor vehicles in the next 12 months.
Wealthy consumers who
spend large amounts on their credit cards each month have a high risk of damaging their credit.
I can't guess what is happening in the
wealthier neighborhoods, but I suspect that credit scores might not be seeing the same declines as high card limit
consumers cut back their
spending to counteract the impact of some limits being lowered.
But it will nevertheless come with two negative effects on economic growth:
Consumers will have less equity to tap through their equity lines of credit, and they'll feel less
wealthy based on their unrealized gain, both of which will inhibit their
spending.
Most of the individual tax cuts accrue the most to the
wealthiest Americans, and they are not likely to be an inducement for much new
consumer spending.
On average,
wealthy consumers with a gross annual household income of at least $ 400,000
spent 225 percent more on their most recently purchased residential property than those with incomes between $ 250,000 and $ 399,999 ($ 2.58 million vs. $ 792,000).