Aussies brace for a tougher economic stretch as rate rises bite
With ongoing interest rate rises, persistent living costs and rising redundancies across banking and tech, Australians are actively planning defensive financial moves. Many household budgets are shifting towards cutting discretionary expenses and building up cash buffers.
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What Reddit is saying: Top comments on r/AusFinance point out that cutting spending is precisely what central banks wanted, though some note belts were already tight.
Top comments on r/AusFinance
>I'm starting to think this might be the time to really pull back on spending, cut unnecessary expenses, live more frugally and build up as much savings as possible. YES ITS WHAT THE RESERVE BANK HAS BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST 5 RATE RISES. Fuck me. But no, people like me who purchased in the last 12 months are the problem apparently.
Y’all must be in different tax brackets to be just considering this now.
From Reddit, ranked by upvotes. These are the views of the people who wrote them, not OzGhosty's.
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