Stock investors stopped freaking out over interest rates. Now they’re eying
this risk.
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Investors appear to be doing a lot less hand-wringing over higher interest
rates lately, but plenty of market risks are still coming up on the horizon.
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Indeed, family spending levels are now back to where they were 15 years ago, and more and more of a typical family's budget is now going on petrol, train fares and heating bills, while spending on things such as clothing, footwear and household goods keeps falling.
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