Jessica Irvine is the ABC's Money Correspondent, reporting across ABC platforms on the intersection between the economy, business and people's personal finances. As an economics journalist, she spent close to two decades at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and was also formerly National Economics Editor at News Corporation, reporting and analysing how major economic and policy issues affect all Australians. She is the author of five books and is on Instagram: @moneywithjess
Bogus "countdown timers", false "storewide" discount claims and misleading price comparisons are in the spotlight as the consumer watchdog cracks down this sales season.
Mortgage holders reeling from the blunt force of five interest rate hikes this year are questioning whether there are other ways of controlling inflation. The answer is not simple.
It's a gloomy picture for households as rising interest rates eat into disposable incomes, but the economic landscape today is much different to previous rate hiking cycles.
