hand, we try to identify the consequences of such process in the evolution of income and consumption inequalities. The … determinants of consumer behaviour, namely, on consumption, saving and debt. The empirical study consists of a descriptive analysis …) and the savings rates. Second, we compare the values and temporal evolution of income and consumption inequalities. The …

uneven distribution of FD creates widely varying consumption responses to shocks. This is true even when subjecting regions …

We study whether the level of household indebtedness is related to the interest rate elasticity of private consumption …. Looking at Finnish aggregate data, we find no robust evidence of increased interest rate elasticity of private consumption … period, which may have contributed towards muting the sensitivity of private consumption to interest rates even as aggregate …