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Australia’s fall in disposable income is the worst in the world

Michael Read
Michael ReadEconomics correspondent

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Australian households experienced the largest fall in disposable incomes across the OECD over the past two years, and economists forecast it will take another two years for purchasing power to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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