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Despite two recent rate cuts aimed at stimulating economic activity, consumer spending has not picked up as robustly as predicted. Instead, many consumers remain cautious, favoring savings over increased expenditure. This phenomenon suggests that households are still wary of economic uncertainties or perhaps are responding to other factors such as rising building costs and sluggish productivity growth.
Overall, the Australian economy exhibits resilience with a relatively strong macroeconomic foundation, but some cracks remain. Economists highlight the importance of upcoming policy summits, like the August meeting, to address productivity issues and further scrutinize economic signals.