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Jun 7 , 2025.

The percentage share of private consumption in the GDP for the fiscal year 2021-2022. As the largest component of aggregate demand, it rose from 67.6pc in 2001, indicating an increase in household spending relative to the overall size of the economy.


PUBLISHED ON Jun 07,2025 [ VOL 26 , NO 1310]

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