{"id":414266,"date":"2026-01-15T08:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414266\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:56:08","slug":"the-economic-downside-of-record-christmas-spending-spree-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414266\/","title":{"rendered":"The economic downside of record Christmas spending spree &#8211; The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxQWXJTOHFKWWpZUlozek5YVlg3ZF8zRG1WaGdIQmk0aV9JbG1WRmNoZ1Fka2hJNWNLUG83eDJEbXh4cE53WENOREFhMGJSakloNEpJdUozcjhoUHRwZ2sySTdTcWc4dkduNnR4dWVZUFdtSThfNldZS0JMUThvSUhFUmRVLVJYQXpHV25URGZUUVo3bDdSSWxxa3NLWWRzTnZDOEx1cWRXWGhXSHpGV0Vwd2pmellpLU1DeHVMTTdQT2Y1QW5pQl9welh6elRTVi1wTlZiM2JNandGZEI5S3l2bmhwb1VOcTVINTUtczdKUFlGUTRTcG9NY1haZ04?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The economic downside of record Christmas spending spree<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPQmp1dDBpODBsQUVaYVBGOWRja0NGeU0yNEhVOXRidUg5bWRBdTZKWnhGZWo5blE5cTF1bjhSUU81a0hDd3JxbmVuVERWdFpRQ0dWQnJnWEh3czVSYXoxNjRYcDIzaTJRV3laWVJSWTBwS2d3RVJGMGlLYXZkaTBYcVByb2RoR3hBbTZHeWxmcFJhZ2FCYzVZYXExZXVXUWl1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hot or not? Strong spending complicates rate picture<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQLWJJaGtXVHB4N3lUaV94R1dBSWwzXzZIUVNuZWMyM2hFTWNWSThtV3BodmJoMFNzN016N2ZHZjJybmFOQkVZR0U3YzlVT1dLLW1PZmF3ejhxcWFxNVNiN1RCNkdUR25LTDE0TzhFMEkybmNSWXRlTDNZT0tVQXVnQ3RQYWhha2l4bUQ0Zlk5ZGJYOWRnTDVMVlhRRTBsUlpnRWZGR0pWbG1WdWZmQ205MG84cy0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Friday sales blitz muddying interest rate signals for RBA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPaUk2UmJCelo1X2pKOUhjN1M5Z2tkOFg1RTNldzJLd2xWanFXVmctZ1ktU3QtZlNnVDdNbUZKaFJ4eldOZVBuek9EV1pFRnljZDFnbTJLbWcySm5ZV2VESURKdWdCa0FEdTBDTk54c2pWS1ZTcDlYSWdsMFVXTDVXek1pVkZGN2NFQWFBYlhhUTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grim rate call after Aussies spending spree<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Finance Australia<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOMlZlQm5heWNuRXFRTXlaQzBkWDI5d0doQklJVzVGc0VvWElGaElXeUJDTnpNWl9fUGdiN2gtT0F5eTVkamM5eFRpMmxzMnM4N09QM1M2a3BzQndvLVQyR3duaDhXZ1ExLWZBZHVQby1jR3lGQ3YzU2JJSkFKWi1vMWZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Festive Season Fuels Spending Surge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sharecafe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The economic downside of record Christmas spending spree&nbsp;&nbsp;The AustralianHot or not? Strong spending complicates rate picture&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra TimesBlack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-414266","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\/414266","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=414266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}