Larger tax refunds a windfall for households in H1 2026
Households’ annual tax refunds should be about $100bn larger this year, a windfall equivalent to 0.5% of annualised consumption. Although temporary, this boost gives us further reason to expect that consumption growth will remain solid at around 2% in 2026, despite the drag from weak population growth and, relatedly, slower employment growth.
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