Several factors send confidence tumbling
Ballooning inflation, rising interest rates and a loss of confidence around the economic outlook, in Australia and abroad, has sent consumer sentiment reeling.
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Ballooning inflation, rising interest rates and a loss of confidence around the economic outlook, in Australia and abroad, has sent consumer sentiment reeling.
Aussies fear the economy is on the verge of a major crash, with just 10 per cent thinking there will be 'good times' ahead in the next five years.
Uniindia: Canberra, June 15 (UNI/Xinhua) Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Philip Lowe has warned that interest rates would continue to rise, and expected inflation to reach 7 percent by the end of the year.
Consumer confidence has hit its lowest level in almost two years, according to data from ANZ and Roy Morgan. Sentiment among Australians dropped by 4. 1 per cent in the week to 5 June to a reading o
RBA governor Philip Lowe announced a 0.5 percentage point increase in the cash rate to a higher than expected 0.85 per cent.