Posts tagged "discretionary"

Australia's business failure rate is only set to rise over the next year, analytics firm CreditorWatch states, as persistently high interest rates and lower consumption squeeze enterprises struggling to maintain profitability.

Australian specialty chocolate makers are considering how to pass rising costs on to consumers, as some small businesses say the cost of cocoa has doubled from pre-pandemic levels.

Between 2012 and 2019, cumulative non-discretionary inflation was 14.8%, compared with 12.9% for discretionary inflation.