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Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... around 17-month highs - itself, 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 ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... at 71/2 per cent in the March 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 - ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... And then there were three. Fiscal money, RBA money and confidence - both among Australian consumers and businesses. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment increased by 1.9% in February from 107.0 in January. Although it's lower ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... resumption of economic activity. Not surprisingly both consumer and business confidence continued to go on the up and up. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer surged to a reading of 112 in December - up by 4.1% from November's read ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... means that consumers still have money to spend and with the recovery in consumer sentiment, spend they will. The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment survey showed confidence rising by 2.5% to a reading of 107.7 points in November from ...

Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Happy consumer makes the economy grow stronger. The result of the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey disproves the aged-old adage that "money doesn't buy happiness". Australian consumer sentiment surged by 11.9% to a reading ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... was also taken before Victorian premier Dan Andrews' announcement extending the lockdown by another two weeks. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment jumped by 18% to a reading of 93.8 in September from 79.5 in August and the ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... should avert a deeper recession. However, more "real" dollars to spend is negated by the renewed consumer pessimism. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 9.5% to 79.5 in August from 87.9 in July-- close to the 75.6 reading ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... of control like in Melbourne. The forward view in these all is reflected in the re-sinking of consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 6.1% to a reading of 87.9 in July, nearly reversing all of the previous ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... consumer confidence -- the NAB business confidence index rebounded to a reading of -46 in April from -65 in March; the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment jumped by 16.4% to 88.1 in May from April's 75.6 reading. The consumer ...