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Perfume and petrol: what two April data drops reveal about the Aussie wallet

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22 Apr, 2026
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Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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22 Apr, 2026
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Experian's latest Business Pulse paints one picture of the Australian consumer. CommBank's March Household Spending Insights paints another. Read them side by side, and the shape of 2026 gets interesting fast.
Perfume and petrol: what two April data drops reveal about the Aussie wallet
Experian A/NZ, Head of Analytics Consulting & Insights, Louis Tsang, frames what he's seeing as a reshaping rather than a retreat.

Experian's latest Business Pulse paints one picture of the Australian consumer. CommBank's March Household Spending Insights paints another. Read them side by side, and the shape of 2026 gets interesting fast.

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