Drivers of Post-COVID Private Consumption in the U.S.

Drivers of Post-COVID Private Consumption in the U.S.
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Volume/Issue: Volume 2024 Issue 128
Publication date: June 2024
ISBN: 9798400281044
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Economics- Macroeconomics , pandemic consumption , housing wealth , COVID recovery , household wealth , consumption growth , Consumption , Income , Housing , Private consumption , COVID-19 , Global

Summary

Private consumption in the U.S. has recovered swiftly from the pandemic trough and has been running above the pre-pandemic trend even as interest rates rose sharply. This paper examines the underlying drivers for this strong growth in consumption. Using both state- and household-level data, we find that excess savings from the pandemic, large increases in household wealth (especially housing), along with solid real income gains contributed to strengthening post-pandemic consumption. Compared with pre-COVID estimates, the marginal propensity to consume out of housing wealth is substantially higher, which, together with large gains in housing prices, made the wealth effect a key driver for post-pandemic consumption growth.