Pressure: Retail Spending Stagnates, Despite “Growth” In Wealth!

March 28, 2024 00:09:45
Pressure: Retail Spending Stagnates, Despite “Growth” In Wealth!
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Pressure: Retail Spending Stagnates, Despite “Growth” In Wealth!

Mar 28 2024 | 00:09:45

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Show Notes

The ABS released more data on Thursday from which we can deduce that despite some headline growth in spending thanks to the Taylor Swift events, underlying growth in retail turnover was up only 0.1 per cent in trend terms so after a period of higher volatility from November through to January, underlying spending has stagnated. This is despite a growth in paper wealth – up which was 7.8 per cent over the past year, thanks to a large boost from rising house prices and domestic and overseas share markets. But we also saw a rise in household borrowing driven by […]

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