Tag: CommBank Household Spending Insights

Household spending soft in March

The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index increased 0.2% in March to 141.8. This, says the bank, was led by shoppers stocking up the fridge ahead of the earlier-than-usual Easter break. The spending uplift was...

Household spending drops in December

The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index fell 3.9% in December. This, says the bank, was due to the cumulative effect of successive interest rate rises as well as consumers bringing forward holiday...

Household spending rises in November

The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index rose 1.8% in November. This was driven by consumers bringing forward their holiday shopping to take advantage of heavy discounting during Black Friday and Cyber...

Household spending drops in October

The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index fell 1% in October. This was led by declines in spending across recreation, hospitality and food and beverage as the ongoing effect of interest rate...

Household spending increased in August

The monthly CommBank Household Spending Insights Index rose 0.7% to 137.0 in August. This was led by increased education spending by international university students, higher transport spending due to increased petrol prices and...

Consumers continue to cut back on spending

Australians continued to “tighten their belts” in July, according to a new Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) report, with spending growth declining nationally to just 1.3% in the year to July. The monthly CommBank...
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