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The $200b savings war chest to drive economic recovery

John Kehoe
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Households and businesses have stockpiled more than $200 billion of extra savings and asset prices have recovered, giving the Morrison government confidence there is plenty of financial firepower to drive the economic recovery as emergency stimulus spending winds down.

Treasury analysis suggests the economy will avoid falling off a cliff when the $90 billion JobKeeper program finishes at the end of March, because people will tap into record household savings propped up by government stimulus spending.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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