{
  "id": 16980571,
  "title": "Consumers shrug off RBA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/consumers-shrug-off-rba",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T23:30:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/consumers-shrug-off-rba/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Westpac’s credit card tracker is powering. The Westpac–DataX Card Tracker Index* has edged down slightly since late September, slipping 0.9pts to 160.6 in the week ended October 17. Despite this, growth in activity continues to track a robust pace with quarterly momentum running at close to 2%qtr and annual growth at 6%yr. Some of this The post Consumers shrug off RBA appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}