ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Sentiment data

  • For the week ended January 17

Comments from ANZ:

  • Fell a modest 0.8% last week
  • Levels just a tick (0.4%) above their long run average.
  • Follows a dip in the previous week
  • Likely driven by news flow on global financial market volatility and concerns over China's economic growth
  • ... On a more positive note, conditions in the labour market are expected to remain strong in the near term and will be a positive factor for consumer confidence and the Australian economy in the short term

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Meanwhile, AUD not doing much on this release, it rarely does: