ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence down slightly by 1.1pts to 111.6 driven by steep fall in Sydney as new COVID-19 cases discovered

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was down 1.1pts to 111.6 this week. Consumer Confidence remains just above the 2021 weekly average of 111.1 and is a huge 21.3pts higher than the same week a year ago, May 9/10, 2020 (90.3).

The small decrease this week was driven by declines in how people perceive their personal financial situations and whether now is a ‘good/bad time to buy major household items’.

Current financial conditions

• Now 26% (down 4ppts) of Australians say their families are ‘better off’ financially than this time last year and 25% (unchanged), say their families are ‘worse off’ financially.

Future financial conditions

• In addition, 37% (down 1ppt) of Australians expect their family to be ‘better off’ financially this time next year compared to only 14% (unchanged) that expect to be ‘worse off’ financially.

Current economic conditions

• Just over one-in-five Australians, 22% (up 1ppt), expect ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the next 12 months while only 12% (down 2ppts), expect ‘bad times’ (a record low figure for this indicator stretching back over forty years).

Future economic conditions

• In the longer term, just over a fifth of Australians, 22% (up 2ppts), are expecting ‘good times’ for the economy over the next five years compared to only 13% (unchanged) expecting ‘bad times’.

Time to buy a major household item

• Now two-fifths of Australians, 40% (down 4ppts), say now is a ‘good time to buy’ major household items while 25% (up 2ppts) say now is a ‘bad time to buy’.

ANZ Head of Australian Economics, David Plank, commented:

"The most notable thing from the latest survey is that the proportion of respondents expecting ‘bad times’ in ‘current economic conditions’ dropped to just 12%, its lowest level in over forty years. This sharp improvement came about despite the 1% fall in overall consumer confidence and points to positive sentiment about the near-term outlook being very widespread. The fall in overall confidence was not surprising given that Sydney recorded a mysterious case of COVID-19, and restrictions were imposed to prevent any further spread. As a result, confidence in Sydney took a hit of 7.6%."

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The latest Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Monthly Report is available on the Roy Morgan Online Store. It provides demographic breakdowns for Age, Sex, State, Region (Capital Cities/ Country), Generations, Lifecycle, Socio-Economic Scale, Work Status, Occupation, Home Ownership, Voting Intention, Roy Morgan Value Segments and more

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