The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on 4 November 2026 that seasonally adjusted household spending rose 0.6% month on month in September, after a 0.1% decline in August. Spending increased 6.8% from a year earlier in current-PriceThe most recent agreement between a buyer and a seller. It is not a prediction; it is the market’s latest handshake.Read More terms, while spending volumes rose 0.7% in the September quarter. Transport and health spending each increased 1.5% month on month. The ABS reported that fuel expenditure rose 5.4%, partly reflecting higher global OilOil refers to a globally traded energy commodity whose price is shaped by supply, demand, inventories, geopolitics, and economic activity. The term belongs in Level 7 because it...Read More prices and the end of fuel-excise relief in August. These are household spending figures, not retail-sales or InflationA broad rise in prices that reduces money’s purchasing power. Central banks watch inflation because it affects interest-rate decisions.Read More-rate estimates.
Australian household spending rebounded by 0.6% in September 2026, recovering from a 0.1% decline in August, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Spending increased 6.8% year on year in current-price terms, while quarterly spending volumes rose 0.7%. Transport and healthcare expenditure each climbed 1.5%, with fuel spending surging 5.4% amid higher global oil prices and the expiry of fuel-excise relief. The figures indicate renewed household spending activity, although rising essential costs contributed to the increase.
