Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Oct-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 1.2% to 112.4 in the week ended 15 October 2017, dragging the index below its long-term average. The loss was broad-based, with four out of the five sub-components showing a decline. Consumers’ views about the current financial situation fell 1.6%, although the index remains comfortably above its long-term average. Households’ outlook on near and medium-term economic conditions worsened for the second consecutive week, with the indices declining by 2.0% and 2.4% respectively. Both the indices remain below their long-term averages.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Oct-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 0.4% to 113.8 in the week ended 8 October 2017, recovering some of the previous week’s losses. Sentiment towards economic conditions fell slightly, but views on financial conditions improved. Consumers’ views towards current and future financial conditions improved, with the indices increasing by 0.7% and 0.3% respectively. After a strong show in the previous week, households’ views on economic conditions edged lower. Both the indices recorded a slight decline, and remain well below their long-run averages.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Oct-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence slipped 0.6% to 113.4 in the week ended 1 October 2017. The detail was mixed; sentiment towards economic conditions improved, but this was more than offset by a fall in households’ views of their own finances. Consumers were more optimistic about both current and future economic conditions (up 2.5% and 2.0% respectively). Views towards current economic conditions have improved since the low point in May; however, sentiment towards both current and future conditions remains below long-run averages. Households’ views towards both current and future financial conditions fell 1.6%. Still, both sub-indices are showing some resilience and remain above their long- term averages.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 27-Sep-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence eased 0.6% in the week ending 24 September. The moderation in confidence was driven by a solid decline in views towards future economic conditions, which was somewhat offset by an increase in the "time to buy a major household item" index. The remaining sub-indices showed little change. Consumers’ views towards current economic conditions remained unchanged (+0.1%). Meanwhile, consumers seem less optimistic about future economic conditions, with the sub-index falling 6.5%. The four-week moving average aggregate economic conditions index remains well below its long-run average. Similarly, households’ views towards current financial conditions showed little change (+0.1%), while confidence around future financial conditions slipped 0.8%. The four-week moving average aggregate financial conditions index has risen above its long-term average through September.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-Sep-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence bounced 4.6% to 114.8 in the week ended 17 September 2017, more than offsetting the loss over the previous week. The strength in the index was broadly based, with four out of five indicators rising. The index is currently at the highest level in eight weeks. Consumers’ views towards current and future economic conditions surged, up 5.8% and 12.9% respectively. This broadly offset the sharp falls over the previous week. However, the four-week moving average aggregate economic conditions index remains well below its long-run average. Households’ views towards current financial conditions rose 2.6%, bringing the index to the highest level in 15 weeks. In contrast, confidence around future financial conditions slipped, down 0.3%. The four-week moving average aggregate financial conditions’ index has edged above its long term average and seems to be showing some momentum.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Sep-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 3.8% to 109.8 in the week ended 10 September 2017, largely offsetting the gains over the previous two weeks. The weakness was broadly based, with a sizeable decline in households’ perceptions of the economic outlook driving the deterioration in sentiment. After two consecutive weeks of improvement, consumers’ views towards current and future economic conditions dipped, down 8.1% and 7.2% respectively. The average of these two measures is at its lowest level in 16 weeks. Households’ views towards current financial conditions slipped 0.3%. Partially offsetting this weakness, sentiment around future financial conditions rose a solid 3.7%. Looking through the weekly volatility, confidence in overall financial conditions has remained broadly unchanged over the past two months, hovering around its long-term average.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Sep-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence edged up 0.5% to 114.1 in the week ended 3 September 2017, following a 3.9% rise in the previous week. Households’ views towards current financial conditions slipped 2.0%, partially unwinding the previous 4.7% rise. Similarly, sentiment around future financial conditions fell 1.7%, following a solid 6.4% increase earlier. Despite the fall, confidence in overall financial conditions remains close to its long-term average. Meanwhile, consumers’ views towards current and future economic conditions posted another solid rise (2.6% and 5.5% respectively). Even so, views towards both current and future economic conditions are running below long-run averages.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-Aug-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence rose 3.9% to 113.5 in the week ended 27 August 2017, after three straight weekly falls. Sentiment rose across the board, with views towards personal finances showing a particularly solid improvement. Households’ views towards current financial conditions bounced 4.7%, more than reversing the 4.1% fall over the previous two weeks and bringing the index to an 11-week high. Similarly, sentiment around future financial conditions rose a solid 6.4%, following a 5.3% decline in the previous week. Consumers’ views towards current and future economic conditions rose 5.6% and 2.2% respectively. Despite these gains, views toward both current and future economic conditions are well below long-run averages.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Aug-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 2.2% to 109.2 in the week ended 20 August 2017, down from a high of 118.4 only three weeks earlier. The fall in sentiment was broad-based, with four out of five sub-indices posting declines. Households’ views towards current financial conditions slipped 2.1%, following a 2.0% fall previously. Views towards future financial conditions fell a solid 5.3%, more than reversing the prior week’s 1.9% rise. Consumers’ views towards current economic conditions fell 1.5%, the third straight weekly fall. Sentiment around future economic conditions fell a sharp 6.8% last week. While views towards economic conditions have been quite volatile recently, the index is now close to its lowest on record.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Aug-17

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 1.8% to 111.7 in the week ended 13 August 2017, and it is now below the long-term average of 112.9. Three out of the five sub-indices posted declines, with the sharpest fall in current economic conditions. Consumers’ sentiment towards current economic conditions remained sombre, with a fall of 6% coming straight after the prior week’s sharp decline of more than 10%. In contrast, the measure of future economic conditions was up a touch to 105.1, just above the long-term average for the first time since March. Attitudes toward current financial conditions fell 2%, largely reversing the previous week’s improvement. On the flipside, views towards future financial conditions were up 1.9% but are still below the long-run average.

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