Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Aug-23

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence fell 3.4pts to 75.0 in the week to 6 August, fully erasing the gains of the previous week. Consumer Confidence has now spent a record 23 straight weeks below the mark of 80, beating the all-time record of five months from September 1990 to January 1991 when the index was conducted on a monthly rather than a weekly basis. Consumer Confidence is now 5.3pts below the same week a year ago (80.3), and 3.2pts below the 2023 weekly average of 78.2. Consumer Confidence was down in all five mainland States. Now 17% of Australians (down 3ppts) say their families are ‘better off’ financially than this time last year, while a new record high majority of 57% (up 4ppts) say their families are ‘worse off’ financially. Some 28% (down 5ppts) of Australians now expect their family to be ‘better off’ financially this time next year, while 38% (up 4ppts) expect to be ‘worse off’ financially. Only 6% (down 1ppt) of Australians now expect ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the next 12 months, while 38% (unchanged) expect ‘bad times’. Meanwhile, 19% (down 2ppts) of Australians say now is a ‘good time to buy’ major household items, while 54% (unchanged) say now is a ‘bad time to buy’.

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