We expect the fiscal tightening to leave real household disposable incomes falling by 1% next year and stagnating in 2012 the tightest squeeze since the mid-1970s. As a result, we no longer expect consumer spending to start rising in 2011 and instead expect it to stagnate for the next three years.
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