{"id":669569,"date":"2026-05-14T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:27:10","slug":"aussies-cutting-back-just-not-where-you-think-the-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669569\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussies cutting back, just not where you think &#8211; The Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPRDB5YUpBM1RfZUFQVXpxV2VPRXVnTEJhUHdrbmVvUTBOUUcxWkNCZkZsR3NZQVE3MFlWcGZXNy01cl9PRFNmRW43RUpSaTJPNWxUQUdVb2k3cjltRlktb2tPOUI0Uk9jcVZzV2t3clRjR245eGpqMDRjMm5zSzdDQ3p5UVZtVHdiZDdtd3o4dzgyTWk3UGpLeUtIcXVxWW1yUnY3dS1rYnZaWGRPb0ZQUnpmU04wTVhIZHdLT0MyTGJxMURmYnpzSTdhMDRNQUR2UFBsdFlhVjNhdUNrX3VGTGkzeE9Ycy1TRWhtZVlqLTNOUlp2X2VKVVBXNEJDMFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aussies cutting back, just not where you think<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOWkdKNlp2dGw5YWZ2NklSXzE0WEJCYXI3OG1KbFNrME04MXo4NDhqOFRlNWhmLUdaaklpT2pmVkMyVTR5V1U3RHJuS3FfZnlTUldaT250TVpsZmVuYnp1TXZiaXdkSFhyUlI3RFIzVmNTeGREeWZkRzJTT1dPWTVTdFlFbEQ5d29ETS1iN210QkxxMUNjVWEyQlpsNzgwWHlzdEhzaHdMMFd3Ujd2WHN1ZUVnZW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wollongong feels the pinch as household spending on basics soar<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Illawarra Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOb0cyVldKSnZVSE5oNS1WYkl0d3pwOVhuWWJVcGt2bjRRcVNPUmFhQ0Q3RjFFRVBOMHh5VHFNLWRKTUtXeklsU053Y29reF9XV01TSmxHYk9ScHp5cTdpazVybzdNYWxVYU1pdFh0anV3V082WWx6ODNRaC1VcXdtVDNGNDRxby1jd0JJTEdWOTRIaWZMTzExaWlQdFNfNjgyLVFTQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Recreation going backwards as household spending taps the brakes in April<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CommBank<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE1jalVvOXRmeS13VHJ4enc5WXJRU2M5ejRVdW9LNG00S09XMjY2VlVPLTg5Y2RQQl9rR3U4Q2kyOE03LXo4dHNOS183aHNuZ1dfcml0Nnl2N1ZqYUNVcmdPbDA2dU9DaFc2Rld3OWdGcjRqZmhGbl9B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fuel shock ends Aussie fun<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MacroBusiness<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxNZTN2amxQNnlWdzhSS2VDNFFCdHdfUS11Y21RRWpWVjlwX2dXekJmS0VJdG1vT3FWTllsTmhGUUdWMlU5M1MtME96RmVXeXAzYWxNZDRrbm9tYmlSWUI5cDZ2emNDWUppcHA5dllWSXNYeVM0c3JCZ0hib2p6TDNiTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cost-of-living pressures drive record card spending in March<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Canstar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aussies cutting back, just not where you think&nbsp;&nbsp;The MercuryWollongong feels the pinch as household spending on basics soar&nbsp;&nbsp;Illawarra&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":["post-669569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669569","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=669569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669569\/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=669569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}