By Gareth Aird, head of Australian economics at CBA: Key Points: Real consumer spending contracted in Q2 24 to be just 0.5% higher through the year (comfortably below the RBA’s forecast of 1.1%/yr). Real consumer spending per capita has fallen over the past eighteen months, primarily driven by a decline in discretionary spending. Private surveys
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