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Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... growth." Exacerbating the constraints on housing supply, bankruptcies in the construction industry have eroded consumer confidence, swaying many towards buying existing homes over building new ones, resulting in fewer building approvals and a depressed ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... turbulence over the last four years, it is no surprise that consumer sentiment has plummeted to new lows. Consumer confidence, particularly data from retail sales, is still in negative territory and sits at a low not seen since the 1990s recession, Paton ...

Agricultural sector in for a mixed 2024: Outlook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... assistance to the Australian economy. This is being offset by a high-rate environment, cost pressures and low consumer confidence. These factors are weighing on domestic demand for more premium agricultural products," it said. Global consumption will ...

Mercer fined $12m over advice failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... is a substantial player in the Australian market for financial services. "... market efficiency, upon which consumer confidence rests, relies on reliability, good faith, fairness and honesty of conduct. These obligations are of fundamental importance ...

Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... said. "That's an incredible insight in that advice alone is not enough. It's not just about giving the consumer confidence; it's also giving advisers the confidence to provide advice to get people to spend more. "So, it's about the framing, education ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... more than 15 million Australians that are saving for their retirement through superannuation by undermining consumer confidence in the objective of the system." The FSC modelling also examined three measures that generated tax receipt reductions but ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
Consumer confidence has increased to its highest level in nearly four months, according to Roy Morgan. While still significantly down from the same week a year ago, the ANZ Roy Morgan Index shows consumer confidence rose by 1.8 points to 87.8 this week. ...

Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... the coming months as higher interest rates begin to weigh on household budgets." Meanwhile, ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence levels dropped after the RBA raised interest rates for the fourth straight month, increasing the cash rate by 0.5% to 1.85%. ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... at that household balance sheet and all those accumulated savings." According to Joiner, collapsing global consumer confidence should also be taken seriously. "We are seeing this in all major economies... Consumers don't like inflation and interest ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... driver for bond market returns over the year ahead, he added. "With household debt levels at record highs and consumer confidence already weak, a cash rate as implied by current markets would likely push Australia into a housing led recession," Canobi ...
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