Category: Spend Analysis

[ad_1] The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate for the second time in two months, this time by 0.50 points to 0.85%. It won’t be the last such hike. Forecasters expect the cash rate to hit 2.5% by the end of next year. This would lift the typical variable mortgage rate to near 5%.…

[ad_1] No one now disputes that inflation is unacceptably high. But our discourse around official measures of inflation, like the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, revolve around how higher prices affect the typical consumer. Among lower earners, the effect of inflation is significantly worse — even in environments when official…

[ad_1] With the release of the Fall 2021 SolutionMap, Spend Matters unveiled its new “market personas” methodology, which replaced “buying personas” to better improve the accessibility and clarity of the maps. For more on the philosophy behind switching to market personas, read our full announcement here. Each persona includes default requirement-level weightings set by Spend…