Consumers make sense of shopping as inflation bites into dollars

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New data from the Treasury indicates that wages for Australians have increased over the last year, but that this increase has been overshadowed by cost-of-living pressures. To cope with these increases, consumers have been changing their shopping habits.

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Published 22 May 2023 5:49pm

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New data from the Treasury indicates that wages for Australians have increased over the last year, but that this increase has been overshadowed by cost-of-living pressures. To cope with these increases, consumers have been changing their shopping habits.

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Consumers make sense of shopping as inflation bites into dollars

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New data from the Treasury indicates that wages for Australians have increased over the last year, but that this increase has been overshadowed by cost-of-living pressures. To cope with these increases, consumers have been changing their shopping habits.

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New data from the Treasury indicates that wages for Australians have increased over the last year, but that this increase has been overshadowed by cost-of-living pressures. To cope with these increases, consumers have been changing their shopping habits.

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