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Watching Service Consumption Resilience [3/3]

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  • Finally, on the consumption/incomes side of the report, nominal personal incomes are seen increasing 0.4% M/M and spending 0.3% M/M.
  • With headline PCE seen flat on the month, real personal spending is seen at 0.3% M/M in a bounce from the -0.1% M/M.
  • Last week’s lackluster retail sales data (nominal 0.1% M/M in May after a downward revised -0.2% M/M, control 0.4% after -0.5%) have set expectations for tepid goods spending.
  • However, analysts set their sights on stronger services spending, which of course forms the bulk of consumption at almost 70%.
  • This would be a continuation of a recent theme, with goods spending -1% annualized on a 3m/3m basis in April vs +3.7% annualized for services, as services see some catch up of pandemic underperformance.
  • Yesterday’s Q1 downward revisions should weigh on Y/Y growth rates though, with overall personal consumption lowered from a previously thought 2.0% annualized to 1.45%.
  • The savings rate meanwhile is seen either unchanged at 3.6% or edging a tenth higher to 3.7% depending on exact details. That’s still historically low and comes against a backdrop of the theoretical “excess savings” accumulated through the pandemic having either been recently or nearly exhausted depending on trends/methods used.

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