By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PAThousands of households are to be asked to take part in a new annual survey to help measure inflation and Irish spending habits. The new Household Budget Survey (HBS), launched this week, will ask 6,000 households from across the country to track their spending for 14 days. The households will be randomly selected and each member of the household aged 16 and over will be asked to record the details of their day-to-day spending over 14 consecutive days. They will be given a “spending notebook” that has a pouch section to collect and retain receipts. “Collecting your receipts and keeping a spending diary makes it easier to track spending.

Source: The Herald January 09, 2024 12:16 UTC