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title: "Australia Personal Spending Unexpectedly Decline"
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description: "Household spending in Australia fell by 0.4% month-on-month in December 2025, reversing a previous growth of 1.0% and missing market expectations of a 0.2% increase. This marks the first monthly decline since March 2024, attributed to cost pressures and high interest rates. Spending decreased across various categories, including food, clothing, and health, while it increased for alcoholic drinks and transport. Regionally, spending declined in New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia, but rose in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Year-on-year, household spending grew 5.0%, the slowest growth in four months."
datetime: "2026-02-09T00:42:01.000Z"
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# Australia Personal Spending Unexpectedly Decline

Household spending in Australia dropped 0.4% mom in December 2025, reversing a 1.0% growth in the previous month and missing market estimates of a 0.2% increase.

The latest result marked the first monthly contraction since March 2024, reflecting the impact of cost pressures and elevated interest rates.

Expenditures fell for food (-0.4% vs 0.6% in November), clothing (-2.4% vs 2.5%), furnishings (-1.7% vs 2.4%), health (-1.3% vs 0.4%), recreation (-0.5% vs 2.0%), and miscellaneous items (-0.9% vs 0.2%).

In contrast, spending rose for alcoholic drinks (2.0% vs -1.8%), transport (0.6% vs 0.6%), and  
hotels & restaurants (0.5% vs 1.2%).

Regionally, spending shrank in New South Wales (-0.6%), Victoria (-1.0%), Western Australia (-0.3%), but increased in Queensland (0.2%), South Australia (0.3%), the Northern Territory (2.9%), and Tasmania (0.1%).

On an annual basis, household spending grew 5.0%, the softest in four months, after a 6.0% gain in November.

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