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Insights from the Household Expenditure Survey

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  • Jarkko Jääskelä

    (Reserve Bank of Australia)

  • Callan Windsor

    (Reserve Bank of Australia)

Abstract

This article uses information from the latest Household Expenditure Survey to examine recent expenditure patterns. The period between 2003/04 and 2009/10 was characterised by strong real household income growth and falling relative prices of goods due to the appreciating exchange rate. These developments have provided extra resources to households for spending on discretionary services, which are taking a larger share of household spending over time. There was also an increase in expenditure on housing, which was associated with rising dwelling prices and higher levels of debt.

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  • Jarkko Jääskelä & Callan Windsor, 2011. "Insights from the Household Expenditure Survey," RBA Bulletin (Print copy discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia, pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rba:rbabul:dec2011-01
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    Cited by:

    1. Amy Beech & Rosetta Dollman & Richard Finlay & Gianni La Cava, 2014. "The Distribution of Household Spending in Australia," RBA Bulletin (Print copy discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia, pages 13-22, March.
    2. Dixon, Jane & Isaacs, Bronwyn, 2013. "Why sustainable and ‘nutritionally correct’ food is not on the agenda: Western Sydney, the moral arts of everyday life and public policy," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 67-76.
    3. Ryan Fox & Richard Finlay, 2012. "Dwelling Prices and Household Income," RBA Bulletin (Print copy discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia, pages 13-22, December.

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