Quarterly Economic Update: October-December 2024

Quarterly Economic Update: October-December 2024

The final quarter of 2024 reflected a mixed economic landscape. While consumer spending and equity markets showed resilience, persistent inflation, cost-of-living pressures and a cooling housing market have tempered optimism….

“Tap and go” and then what?

“Tap and go” and then what?

Talk about hammering the plastic. In November 2021, Australia’s 13.2 million credit card accounts were used to make over 292 million transactions with a total value of $31.9 billion. Card…

When was the last time you paid cash?

When was the last time you paid cash?

Prior to COVID, we were steadily moving towards a cashless world. Post 2020, even the most resilient of us has made the leap to tap-and-go payments sooner than we expected….

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