CommSec State of the States: January 2022

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out. Now in its 13th year, the report also includes a section comparing annual growth

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Younger Aussies stare down Omicron

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Consumer confidence; Building activity The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 2 per cent to a 16-month low of 102.2 in January. But sentiment – for surveyed Aussies

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Weakest January consumer confidence in 30 years

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Consumer confidence; Overseas arrivals & departures The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating fell by 7.6 per cent – the biggest drop since March 2020 – to a 15-month low of

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The Big Issues of 2022

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For the past 20 years we have produced “The Big Issues” report – a report that has sought to highlight the issues that are expected to influence the economy and

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Near-record business confidence: Business survey

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Business survey; Consumer confidence; Household survey; Credit/debit cards The NAB business confidence index rose by 11.2 points to 20.8 points in October – the second highest result on record. Business

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Aussie petrol prices hit record high – Big oil cash splurge

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Energy market update Oil prices continued to rise last week with Nymex crude at fresh 7-year highs and Brent crude at 3-year highs. The Australian average weekly petrol price lifted

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CommSec Research: State of the states – October 2021

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out. Now in its 13th year, the report also includes a section comparing annual growth

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Delta plays havoc with spending trends

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Consumer confidence; Retail trade What happened?  Retail trade fell by 1.7 per cent in August to be down 0.7 per cent on a year ago. Consumer sentiment rose 0.4 per

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Consumer confidence hits 9-week high

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RBA Board meeting minutes; Consumer confidence; CBA Household spending intentions What happened? The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board released the minutes of its September 7 meeting. At the meeting,

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Biggest lift in consumer confidence in 22 weeks

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Consumer confidence; CBA card spending; Overseas arrivals & departures What happened? The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 3.1 per cent – the most in 22 weeks –

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