Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 22-Aug-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 3.5% to 114.1 in the week ended 19 August, its third straight weekly fall. Households’ views towards current financial conditions fell 1.3%, following a 1.0% fall in the week prior, and sentiment towards future financial conditions fell 7.6% to its lowest level in a year. Consumers also continued to be less optimistic about current economic conditions – their assessment declined another 0.8%, the third consecutive weekly fall. Views towards future economic conditions tumbled 5.3%, following a modest decline of 0.3% in the previous week. The "time to buy a household item" subindex slipped another 1.5% to 129.3, compared with a long-term average of 134.0.

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