You can’t sustain household spending while real wages continue to fall, and households are starting to let everyone know

While record company profits are dismissed as “short-term” workers continue to suffer ongoing falls in real wages

Wages are growing the best they have for 11 years, but real wages are now back at the level they were 14 years ago

The Reserve Bank’s own research showed that raising rates after February would only increase unemployment, not lower inflation

Rather than be a budget that will fuel inflation, the budget is actually closer to austerity than stimulation

Wages growth under enterprise agreements show that workers continue to be the ones doing it toughest during the period of high inflation

By the middle of 2025 the average wage will be worth less in real terms than it was a decade and half earlier

Stronger wage growth in the private sector is good news, but public sector workers continue to be left behind

As the Reserve Bank continues to raise rates, it continues to misread the nature of inflation that is being driven largely by profits.

Wages growth is rising slowly and inflation is falling faster than expected, and yet the RBA decided to hit the economy again with another rate rise.

Inflation is falling steadily but hitting low-income households the most.

Wages under enterprise agreements are slowly rising, but remain well below inflation

Losing the low-middle income tax offset and getting the Stage 3 tax cuts will leave most workers worse off

The Stage 3 tax cuts were always bad, but with the removal of the low-middle income tax offset, they become a terrible political strategy as well

Millennials are not becoming more conservative as they age – and the rigged housing market is just one reason why

Perhaps as much as a third of the rate rises since April have yet to fully hit the economy

The whole point of public-sector wage caps is to keep all wages down

The latest monthly consumer price index figures show that inflation has peaked and is on the way down. 

The market’s early view of the safeguard mechanism deal is bad for gas and coal mining companies

House prices are falling but housing unaffordability remains high

The latest data from the Fair Work Commissions suggest wages continue to be deflationary as profits drive inflation

The rising cost of living and falling real wages has seen the number of people working more than one job surge in the past 2 years.

Superannuation is too important for retirement to be allowed to be a tax dodge scheme for the wealthy. It is time to review the scheme and stop the abuses

With public sector wages dragging down wage growth and private sector wages rising slower than expected, it is clear Reserve Bank needs to pause its run of rate rises

The Reserve Bank now forecasts real household incomes will take longer to recover than they did during the 1990s recession and is also projecting economic growth at historical lows. Australian consumers are right to feel worried about the future.

The Reserve Bank now predicts real wages will being to recover from the start of next year, but will take many years to recover

The signs are already evident that household consumption is falling despite most mortgage holders yet to feel the full effects of the rate rises. The Reserve Bank however believes more pain is needed.