Can Households Balance Their Books? - Insights Into Family Finances …

November 09, 2025 00:37:42
Can Households Balance Their Books? - Insights Into Family Finances …
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Can Households Balance Their Books? - Insights Into Family Finances …

Nov 09 2025 | 00:37:42

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Show Notes

Today we examine the difference between the scientific “deductive” method we use in our surveys to examine households and their finances in our surveys and the “induction” method economists tend to use. We walk through results from our latest analysis, ahead of the upcoming live show on Tuesday. Link for that show is here: https://youtu.be/3eDnmurg_G0 Contrary to popular belief (as emphasized by the RBA on Tuesday) that households are largely doing just fine, our research continues to show our hypothesis is correct: “In Australia, there is a rising proportion of households who are experiencing significant cash flow pressures, because of […]

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