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Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... Australia is now in a better place compared with the lockdowns of days past. Although the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence dropped by 4.8% in May from April, the 113.1 reading is the second highest since April 2010. And why not? ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... budget on May 11. But as Ella Fitzgerald sings, "into each life some rain must fall". The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence dropped by 4.8% in May from April. Then again, and as Westpac points out, "It is still the second highest ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... market renaissance - suggests further improvement in business conditions and optimism. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... conditions and confidence going forward. No worries too for the Australian consumer. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 6.2% to a reading of 118.8 in March - the highest level since August 2010 "when Australia's ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... (through the labour market), making the jump in consumer confidence hardly a surprise. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 2.6% to a reading of 111.8 in March, "just 0.2 points below the December level which was a ten-year ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... households with 'mid 5-7 comfort levels' reported comfort at a record level, following another small increase of 1% to an index of 6.47 in December 2020, while the comfort of households with 'high 8-10 comfort levels' rose by 1% to an index of 8.61. ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... lower than the +13 recorded in November last year, remains the highest in three years. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment increased by 1.9% in February from 107.0 in January. Although it's lower than the 10-year high reading ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... a measure of workers' optimism over their employment prospects. This is backed by the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment that showed "unemployment expectations" dropped by 3.8% over the month and by 15.0% from a year ago to 114.5 ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... quarter 2021". Because of this, consumers and businesses are growing more confident. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment increased by 1.9% in February from 107.0 in January. Confident consumers - with more money, more savings ...

BetaShares to launch new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... flexible working arrangements, video conferencing, online shopping and digital media consumption. The ETF will track an index of listed cloud computing companies involved in computing services, servers, storage, databases, networking, software and analytics. ...