The $200b savings war chest to drive economic recovery
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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