{"id":363724,"date":"2025-12-22T03:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363724\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T03:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:25:06","slug":"christmas-spending-sparks-grim-rate-warning-news-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/363724\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas spending sparks grim rate warning &#8211; News.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxOZUx0YWc4dUNYa19kNXo5RVZyUDAzd0VmYldQVzNXNjczY0RwemVWSl9PUnVGcjlUY3BaNGkyODEzWTFSWmo1al9VUFMzSUVTUGJESmFrV3k0dF9iRS1zV1lJUG5xSEVTdVVQT2pJLTh3NnFEX25QYlVaNFNXVE94SXFGajBRdUdORlZYd2dhdElhZnZhS3pvUkFidnh2ZkRpaUQ4clJZM3QwQVQ2bUVkc2ViOHpNbGZsM253emJUMER0cGJ0SmtCdUo1ejlUU2pIYzRWTHp4bWRVX1lyZ3RPaUFRSm9tVHhYa01pU2g3WWxkalFuSWNVbFptTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christmas spending sparks grim rate warning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQM3k3Qkk5alRYTEg3aFB6d2swRDMzTWVsVV9NcjVEajNiWjdoaDN0Y1NVbE13NHhaTUJSdl96LUpZbTZKT3cxMk9fSWdYdlRUQnptTGc2Z1E2Zkc2elE0dUt4MEJsOVBlYlIxZVhlUWNQWXJvV18ydGdVbjUzYWVMSUpsX2VDYmM0ZDVvRmEyRjlzV1FBdEtxbEFidG1VYjJtM29v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cost-conscious Queensland family embraces the spirit of &#8216;Thriftmas&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPamRXSjZlQ0hOTjlwSmxFeHVsNk4zTW8wUDVHMXhPMVB6cGIyNU9BTVZFWjFxSC1MMnFFQk1pNW1iTW9uYm9HZG1FeDFNTFFwcUFrMFlRalFjM2ZuZkprc2oxcFNWdHFhamduZjZsSzFOOFJRZUFvaXExVnVFVHN5NWJ2dUhzSUpZaV9RdnI4NTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cozzie livs no match for multibillion-dollar Xmas spend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New Daily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE9WNXV0cVNucW0tbGljbVpnY2wzSTk1Wk5USmJROC1nRDZSRTFVb3JOZ0NXbXVTWVJnMkh6M2VNWTh2TEV2T1JDMGZDRVJHdllZa3FSQ1ZUckZWWGlFMkFpeWdJNDV5aFp0WGZz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sleighing the budget: Australians plan to splurge $37 billion this festive season<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Finder.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxOeUQ2dl9ybVdkV1piWEgtWEY0VjdCSEJ1Y1JDTTVYMFAtM1ZfT0RIRDViU0ZCYjBJUXdTM0hrYmc2emlSenAwcUROQ25XWk1oTVViV2V2dkc1X2pWOGV1SGVSYVJTY1JnWkc0WWRlNzRQZndIUHF1U0JIUDcyaGFoQTh1M3BoTXFmS0VpWjE5TE5LTlNHSWh6WE12YnBBTVlkLWJib2pqeE1yR3F1a2ktamhWVGVjUElVbUk0eWxVYWxFM2VORkM5VTdMaGxTTThBRGd4bkhmeWI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thrifting trend gains momentum in WA ahead of Christmas<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PerthNow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas spending sparks grim rate warning&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.auCost-conscious Queensland family embraces the spirit of &#8216;Thriftmas&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting CorporationCozzie livs no match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-363724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}