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Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... debt-to-income ratio has risen to an all-time high of 189% -- and weak consumer confidence, underscored by the just-released Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment. While consumer confidence improved to 96.6 in July from 96.2 in June ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... difficult to overcome, keeping wages growth subdued and consumers cautious with their spending." Here, the lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey is not encouraging. Australian consumer sentiment fell by 1.2 points to a reading ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... should rise more following the out-of-cycle rate hikes by lenders. This is not lost on Australian consumers as the recent Westpac- Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey indicates and one that could lead to more spending restraint. Consumer sentiment ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... workers are discouraged from looking for jobs. This is underscored in the February Westpac Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey that showed "unemployment expectations" increased by 3.1% this month - suggesting more consumers expect unemployment ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... than market expectations for a 0.3% pick-up, but that's for those who didn't pay enough attention to the lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index - it fell from 101.3 in November to 97.3 in December and was recently updated ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
What's ailing us, Australians all? We can't seem to swing our mood towards optimism. While the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased for the first time in three months in January, the 0.1% monthly pick-up was marginal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Australia consumer sentiment The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment improved to 102.4 in October, up by 1.1% from September's 101.4 reading. October's figure is the third straight month of improving sentiment after the index hit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Australian consumer sentiment Although marginal and less than market expectations, the 0.3% increase in the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment to 101.4 in September from 101.0 in the previous month indicates that optimists continue ...