Although households are under a lot of pressure from inflation, consumers keep spending. Read more at the ABE Weekly 20/01/23.

Cash rate stands at 3.10% (Aus)  Inflation increased 7.3% in the twelve months to November (Aus)  World Bank cut its global economic forecast to 1.7%[…]

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