The Causes that Affect the Consumption of High and Low Income People.

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The Causes that Affect the Consumption of High and Low Income People.

Interest Rates

  • Higher prices discourage the borrowing used to finance some types of consumption expenditures (such as automobiles and furniture) and it improves the return on earnings diverted as saving into the markets. As such, consumption reduces and saving improves. Lower prices work in the other way.

Consumer Confidence

  • If people have more assurance about the state of the economy, they are more likely to boost their investing. However, because this additional investing is not the result of additional money, it must come from savings. As such, consumption improves and saving reduces. A drop in customer assurance works in the other way.
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Wealth

  • Prosperity affects consumption in one of two ways. A rise in financial wealth (including stocks, bonds, and especially money) encourages the family industry to improve consumption and reduce saving. Consumption improves and saving reduces. Alternatively, an improve in physical wealth (including cars, furnishings, and appliances) reduces the need to buy these goods and thus encourages the family industry to reduce consumption and improve saving.

Taxes

  • Government collects taxation to pay for presidency activities. These taxation come from family earnings, specifically non reusable earnings. A rise in taxation means a decrease in non reusable earnings, and consequently a loss of ...

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