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  "id": 11853673,
  "title": "WA households are feeling the pinch and making cuts – and one sector will face the most pain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/wa-households-are-feeling-the-pinch-and-making-cuts-and-one-sector",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-04T05:15:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-households-are-feeling-the-pinch-and-making-cuts-and-one-sector-will-face-the-most-pain-20261004-p612pt.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Households were in a glum mood about the rising cost of living and readying to tighten their belts even before the Reserve Bank hiked up interest rates to a 15-year high on Tuesday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "WA households are feeling the pinch and making cuts – and one sector will face the most pain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/wa-households-are-feeling-the-pinch-and-making-cuts-and-one-sector-11853713",
        "published": "2026-10-04T05:15:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}