$450 From Your Pocket: The Hidden Cost of Economic Uncertainty The latest numbers from Polis Partners paint a stark picture of Australian households struggling to make ends meet.
Discretionary income has taken a sharp quarterly decline, leaving families reeling with non essential funds slashed by as much as $180 per month.
Soaring petrol prices and interest rate hikes are the main culprits, delivering the biggest hit to household finances since the early 2000s. The impact is not evenly distributed, however.