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A new National Australia Bank survey shows just about every Australian is cutting back on expenses — whether that be entertainment or, for those really struggling, basics such as food. Kim Horn lives in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, working as a bookkeeper. Of the many items in the 54-year-old's shopping basket, it's the packet of dishwashing tablets that gets her blood boiling. "If it's not on sale it's $74 a packet," Ms Horn said. "I mean that's just ridiculous. Who can afford $74 a packet?" But there's one bill that's always difficult to swallow. "Electricity is ridiculous. "I don't understand why it's going up. And I can't see an end to that," she said. NAB's latest check on consumer angst shows Ms Horn is in good company. Find more details, here -  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-23/new-survey-suggests-heightened-cost-of-living-anxiety/103376700

Economists and financial markets are betting on 2024 to bring long-awaited relief to millions of Aussies in the form of falling interest rates. The official cash rate ended 2023 at 4.35 per cent, and financial markets see a 25 per cent chance of an interest rate cut by March. However, forecasts of a cut by June are much more widespread, with finance traders forecasting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will slash the cash rate twice before the end of 2024. The confidence among financial markets that interest rates in Australia will fall sooner rather than later stems from moves in the US. In mid-December, the US Federal Reserve flagged that its cycle of increasing interest rates has likely come to an end, with predictions that interest rates there will fall five times in 2024, with interest rates in the UK and Europe predicted to fall six times this year. For further information, click here -  https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/interest-rate-cuts-could-deliver...