ID 6317199 - DFE - Consumer Council - NI HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE TRACKER

DATA 2026 - 2028 - The Northern Ireland Household Expenditure Tracker was

established in 2022 . It is a quarterly publication establishing a measure for the

financialwellbeing of Northern Ireland households. It is produced using economic data andnowcast modelling, which calculates the income, expenditure and discretionaryincome of average NI households across four income quartiles. The publicationparticularly focuseson Northern Ireland’s lowest earning, most vulnerable households. As a continuation of work from it current contract , the Consumer Council has awarded to Centre for Economics and Business Research to provide NI consumer data and the relevant analysis and reporting that will

allow us to continue to publish a quarterly household expenditure tracker.