{
  "id": 2153857,
  "title": "A long, grinding income recession for Australians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/a-long-grinding-income-recession-for-australians",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/08/a-long-grinding-income-recession-for-australians/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australians have been subjected to a long, grinding income recession. The latest OECD data showed that Australia experienced the softest real per capita household disposable income growth in the 11 years to the March 2026 quarter among English-speaking nations tracked by the OECD. Australia’s 6.0% growth in real per capita household disposable income over 11 The post A long, grinding income…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}