Influences on Spending
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Analyse the influences on spending.
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Macroeconomic Factors and Policies
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I. 🍃Introduction
- Brief explanation of coherent analysis
II. Income
- Higher income increases ability to spend
- Increases purchasing power
III. Rate of Interest
- Change in rate of interest influences proportion of income spent and saved
- Affects borrowing
IV. Confidence
- People spend more when optimistic about future income and job security
V. Wealth
- People can spend some of their wealth
- E.g. sell shares, use it as collateral to borrow
VI. Inflation
- Spending may fall if prices rise more than money wages
- Spending may rise as people seek to buy products before they increase in price even further
VII. Expansionary Fiscal/Monetary Policy
- May increase spending
VIII. 👉Conclusion
- Recap of key points
- Importance of understanding factors that influence spending
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