Rising household savings accrued during the pandemic gave the consumer ample amounts of money to spend, bolstering consumption until recently and pushing up inflation.

But today's higher interest rates are starting to bite into spending more now that the excess savings are nearly burned off.

Those dwindling savings and the slackening pace of retail sales growth are now beginning to reduce demand for retail space, says John Chang, SVP with Marcus & Millichap.

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