Consumer spending
‘Smashed’ economy slows like it’s 1991
The economy grew just 0.2 in the three months to June, propped up by government spending, and is in the worst run of per person GDP drops since the early 1980s.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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Analysis
Australian economy
The crucial measure dragging down the NSW economy
The cost-of-living crunch now appears to be hitting NSW harder than other states. Here’s why.
- by Matt Wade
Five things the national accounts tell us about the economy
Here’s what you need to know from the latest gauge of the economy – in five charts.
- by Millie Muroi
Analysis
Australian economy
Cookies crumble as interest rates bite into household budgets
Australians are responding to high inflation and interest rates by downgrading their biscuits, beer and footwear.
- by Shane Wright
‘It doesn’t run out of battery’: How close are we to a cashless economy?
Most members of Gen Z say they won’t be using cash within a decade. But is Australia ready to ditch notes and coins?
- by David Swan
Yo-Chi is ‘not a fad’: Meet the man making frozen yoghurt cool again
The family behind Boost Juice has engineered a frozen yoghurt revival and turned Yo-Chi into Australia’s fastest-growing dessert chain.
- by Jessica Yun
Boomers spend, Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens
Prabhat and Neena Sinha love to travel and have plenty of hobbies in their retirement, but they see the effect the cost of living is having on their children.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
When it comes to cost-of-living pressures, there is one group being hit hardest
Working families are bearing the brunt of inflation pressures, with insurance and housing costs pushing their cost-of-living measure far higher than inflation.
- by Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Perspective
Spending
Menu prices tough to swallow, but how much are customers willing to cough up?
Inflation has been falling, but that doesn’t mean prices are coming down – and Brisbane venue owners say they’re working harder than ever.
- by Courtney Kruk
Booktopia axes 165 jobs as administrators field interest from 60 parties
Barely two dozen employees remain at the embattled book retailer whose administrators found the business didn’t have the funds to retain them.
- by Jessica Yun
Would you pay to smell like chloroform or cigarette butts?
Consumers are eschewing mainstream fragrances in favour of unique scents that tell a story.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
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