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Income tracker
Our Income Tracker offers a clear guide to how much the average UK household has to spend on relaxing and having fun.
Updated monthly, the Tracker considers income, tax and all basic spending; giving both ASDA colleagues and customers a greater understanding of the key costs regular families face.
August 2008 headlines…
Compared with August 2007…
- The average UK household had £132 a week of income left after tax and essentials in August 2008, falling by 7.4% from a year earlier.
- The average UK family is £11 a week worse off compared with August 2007.
- Inflation on the average UK family’s spending on essential goods rose to 5.5%, with the main contribution coming from rising food, gas and electricity prices.
- Transport costs remain higher than last year despite recent falls in the price of oil.
- The income tracker was revised upwards as earnings growth was higher than expected in July – but the tracker has fallen relative to a year ago in each of the last five months.
- Up and down the country, families continue to come under pressure from inflation running at its highest level for 16 years.
Recent archive…
July 2008
The price of food and non-alcoholic drinks rose by 13% over the year to August.
June 2008
The cost of utility bills has increased by 7.0% for the average family since June 2007
May 2008
ASDA family is £8 a week worse off than May last year.
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