Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-May-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 0.7% to 121.6 in the week ended 20 May, to its highest level in 15 weeks. Households’ views towards current financial conditions rose 2.0% to110.1, the highest in 12 weeks. Views towards future financial conditions were up a modest 0.6%, following a 1.4% rise the previous week. Both subindices remain above their long-term averages. Sentiment around current economic conditions showed no change after a solid 2.4% increase in the previous week. However, views towards future economic conditions eased 1.9%, partially unwinding the previous week’s 3.7% rise. The "time to buy a household item" subindex rose 2.6%.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-May-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 1.0% to 120.8 in the week ended 13 May, to its highest level in 14 weeks. The details were broadly positive, with four out of five subindices posting gains. Households’ views toward current financial conditions rose 0.7%, largely recovering from the 0.8% fall previously. Views towards future financial conditions rose 1.4%, partially reversing the 3.2% fall previously. Both subindices remain above their long term averages. Sentiment around current economic conditions rose 2.4% to 113.2, the highest level in 14 weeks. At the same time, views towards future economic conditions rose 3.7% to 117.5, the highest level in 15 weeks. However, the "time to buy a household item" subindex fell 2.7%, partially undoing the 5.0% gain in the previous week.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-May-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 0.3% to 119.6 in the week ended 5 May, to its highest level in 13 weeks. The details were mixed, with a solid rise in "time to buy a household item" offset by falls in three of the remaining sub-indices. Households’ views toward current financial conditions eased 0.8%, following a 1.7% rise previously. Views towards future conditions declined 3.2%, after three straight weekly gains. Both sub-indices remain above their long term averages. Consumers were less optimistic about year-ahead economic conditions, with sentiment dipping 0.9%, ending the streak of five consecutive weekly gains. Meanwhile, views towards future conditions rose 1.2%, entirely reversing the previous week’s 0.7% decline.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-May-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 0.7% to 119.2 in the week ended 29 April, its highest value in 11 weeks. Households’ views toward current financial conditions bounced 1.7% following a 2.4% decline previously. Views towards future conditions edged up 0.2%, the third straight weekly increase. Both sub-indices remain above their long-term averages. Consumers continued to be optimistic about year-ahead economic conditions, with sentiment rising a solid 3.9% after a similar rise in the previous week. Views towards future conditions were more restrained. This sub-index slipped 0.7%, partially reversing the previous week’s 3.2% rise. The "time to buy a household item" sub-index eased 0.9% off a solid 4.1% bounce previously. Inflation expectations remained steady at 4.4% on a weekly basis.

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

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 0.8% to 116.0 in the week ended 15 April, ending a string of weekly declines. Although the headline increase was modest, the detail was more encouraging, with four out of five sub-indices posting gains. Views towards current financial conditions rose 4.6%, after three successive falls. Views towards future conditions bounced 3.5%, entirely reversing the previous week’s fall. Sentiment toward both current and future economic conditions continued to recover, rising 0.5% and 0.9% respectively, following similar gains in the previous week. The current conditions sub-index has risen to 103.9 after falling to its long-term average of 101.9 in the last week of March.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 5-Apr-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 1.6% to 115.5 in the week ended 1 April, on the back of a 0.9% decline the prior week. Views towards current economic conditions edged up 0.7% to 102.5, and sentiment around future economic conditions fell for the second straight week, down another 1.1%. Households’ views towards current financial conditions slipped 0.8% following a 3.1% decline previously. Consumers were also pessimistic about future financial conditions, with a fall of 2.3% unwinding much of the 2.8% rise in the previous week.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Mar-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 0.9% to 117.4 in the week ended 25 March, following a 2.2% bounce previously. Views towards current economic conditions deteriorated by 6.8% to 101.9, its lowest value in 18 weeks. Future economic conditions were also hit, falling 3.6% to 108.7, a five-week low. Households’ views towards current financial conditions fell 3.1%, partially unwinding the 6.4% rise previously. Meanwhile, consumers were more optimistic about future financial conditions, which rose 2.8% to 130.2 – its highest since February 2017.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Mar-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 2.2% to 118.5 in the week ended 8 March, largely reversing the previous 2.5% decline. The improvement in sentiment was broad based, with households particularly optimistic about near-term financial conditions. Views towards current economic conditions edged up 0.3%. This subindex remains well above its long-term average. Sentiment around future conditions rose 1.2%, undoing much of the 1.9% decline in the previous week. Household sentiment towards current and future financial conditions improved materially (6.4% and 2.6% respectively), following consecutive falls in the two previous weeks.

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Mar-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 2.5% to 116 in the week ended 11 March, partially unwinding gains over the previous two weeks. The fall was broad-based, with households particularly pessimistic about current financial conditions. Views towards current economic conditions declined 3.5%, partially reversing the previous 5.1% rise. Sentiment around future conditions slipped 1.9%. The future conditions index still remains well above the levels seen for most of 2017, although it has slipped below its long-run average. Households’ pessimism towards financial conditions extended the previous week’s move, with the current and future sub-indices falling 5.5% and 1.0%, bringing them to five and 14-week lows respectively.

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