Beloved Perth business puts out distress call as cost of living bites

Beloved Perth business puts out distress call as cost of living bites

In only 6½ years it’s built a whopping following,making it one of Perth’s most successful shops of its kind. So why can’t that keep the wolf from the door?

  • byEmma Young

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The surprise state topping Australia’s economic ladder

The surprise state topping Australia’s economic ladder

It’s not WA,although the mining state is fast gaining on top spot,leading on relative population growth and home lending metrics.

  • byJacob Shteyman andAbe Maddison
Consumer confidence bounces with stage 3 tax cuts

Consumer confidence bounces with stage 3 tax cuts

The joy may be short-lived,with inflation data due next week key to the Reserve Bank board’s next interest rate move.

  • byRachel Clun
My breaking point? Being on hold for 2 hours and 27 minutes
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My breaking point? Being on hold for 2 hours and 27 minutes

After hours of agonising hold music,I really should hang up,and yet a single thought keeps me on the line:what if I’m next?

  • byThomas Mitchell
Tax cuts buoy shoppers,but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch

Tax cuts buoy shoppers,but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch

Consumer confidence has climbed sharply,thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.

  • byShane Wright
2023:The year of the gloomy consumer
Opinion
Opinion

2023:The year of the gloomy consumer

Consumers will be happy to see the back of 2023 as we roll into a not-so-merry Christmas.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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‘Your call is important to us’ and other lies you’ll hear if you ever get through

‘Your call is important to us’ and other lies you’ll hear if you ever get through

Why do providers of customer service,supposed experts in their field,provide their customers with information they know is nonsense?

  • byJo Pybus
Persistent pessimism:Why Australians are depressed about the economy

Persistent pessimism:Why Australians are depressed about the economy

While economists increasingly believe that Australia will avoid a recession,actual consumers are being buffeted by pressure on their own household budgets.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Boldness needed as economic headwinds hit NSW budget preparation
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Opinion

Boldness needed as economic headwinds hit NSW budget preparation

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will soon deliver his government’s first budget but renewed fears about sections of the NSW economy faltering have taken the shine off.

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Why we don’t cut our cosmetics (or coffees) in tighter times

Why we don’t cut our cosmetics (or coffees) in tighter times

Buying coffee and lipstick give us a hormone hit that ensures we won’t slash our spending on them when times are tight.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Wary consumers fear RBA is not done with rate rises

Wary consumers fear RBA is not done with rate rises

As evidence mounts that consumers are shutting their wallets,a key measure of confidence actually fell despite interest rates remaining steady.

  • byShane Wright