Australian national accounts for June 2021 quarter

Healthy income growth underpins retail spending

Published: 01 September 2021

Australian National Accounts for the June 2021 quarter show some normalisation compared with the lockdown impacts on income and spending a year ago. Two-year CAGR household income growth is 5% which compares with retail sales CAGR growth of 6% for the June quarter. Australians have also saved $243 billion since the start of 2020. This elevated level of savings will be the first bucket of money used for holidays when borders reopen. Any slowdown in retail spending is likely to be more modest than people expect.

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