{
  "id": 12271985,
  "title": "Aussie consumer sentiment collapses following RBA rate hike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/aussie-consumer-sentiment-collapses-following-rba-rate-hike",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:58:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/aussie-consumer-sentiment-collapses-following-rba-rate-hike/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last week’s 25 bp interest rate hike from the Reserve Bank has dealt a hammer blow to consumer sentiment. Westpac’s monthly consumer sentiment survey fell 4.7% to 80.4, with responses during the survey week showing a “very sharp pull-back after the RBA rate hike”. “The sentiment read across the 40% surveyed after the RBA decision The post Aussie consumer sentiment collapses following RBA rate…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}