Economics
U.K. Households Have Comfortable Savings Margin to Handle Brexit
- Saving ratio close to 7% after large-scale upward revisions
- Government spending also kicking in as austerity eases
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Fears that British consumers could be forced to slash their spending in a disruptive Brexit were partially allayed by new figures showing households are saving a larger proportion of their disposable income than previously thought.