Surprising things Aussies buying in cost crisis

Household spending increased 3.6 per cent in the year to February on current prices, according to the calendar adjusted figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Spending on transport vaulted 12.3 per cent year-on-year, as higher prices at the petrol bowser, up 4.1 per cent over the same period, ate into household budgets. But the new data series has not yet seasonally adjusted, meaning it is difficult to detect true underlying trends in the figures as periodic …