Why the 4% Withdrawal Rule Breaks Down for Retirees Who Retire at 55
Quick Read Bengen’s 2025 research drops the safe withdrawal rate to 4.2% for a 50-year retirement, undercutting the…
Grocery price inflation slows to lowest rate since December 2024
Shoppers made 497 million trips to the supermarket over the period (PA) (PA Archive) Grocery price inflation has…
Shock groups who are still spending more
Households are still spending more despite cost-of-living pressures. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australian renters and those aged…
Inflation: Major banks tip the national economy to slow
Growth in the Australian economy is expected to be flat when new data is released on Wednesday, but…
Interest rate, inflation: Aussie spending jumps in February
Stubborn household spending is making the Reserve Bank’s inflation fight even more difficult, ahead of a key rates…
Government spending creating inflation ‘trap’ dooming Aussie mortgage holders, EQ Economics’ Warren Hogan declares
Large government spending has created an inflation “trap” plaguing homeowners with higher prices and interest rates, a leading…
Japan’s Households Boost Spending Despite Inflation Hit
A shopping street in Tokyo. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Japan’s household spending rose for a fifth month,…
Trend dashing hopes of rate relief
Household spending continues to rise on interest-rate cuts. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australian households are showing signs…
Household spending up despite wet Sydney weather
The CommBank HSI Index analyses month-to-month spending patterns using anonymised payments data from about seven million CBA customers,…
Doomsayers proved wrong again as businesses expand and prosper
Official data on Australia’s economy continue to undermine the Albanese Government’s critics, as Alan Austin reports. IN A…
Where Aussies are spending their money
The latest household spending data shows discretionary spending continues to strengthen. Picture: NewsWire / David Crosling Australian households…