Results for the ANZ-Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence Rating* for component questions are as follows: |
2020 |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Interviews |
998 |
1,004 |
1,006 |
1,021 |
998 |
998 |
1,001 |
1,001 |
997 |
1,206 |
1,002 |
1,004 |
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year? |
better off |
35 |
35 |
34 |
28 |
28 |
31 |
30 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
27 |
28 |
worse off |
24 |
21 |
22 |
31 |
28 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
26 |
27 |
23 |
Question Difference |
11 |
14 |
12 |
-3 |
0
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
-2 |
3
|
0
|
5
|
Q2 This time next year, do you and your family expect to be better-off financially or worse off than you are now? |
better off |
45 |
43 |
37 |
39 |
40 |
48 |
45 |
40 |
40 |
41 |
43 |
40 |
worse off |
15 |
11 |
20 |
24 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
13 |
18 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
Question Difference |
30 |
32 |
17 |
15 |
23 |
32 |
30 |
27 |
22 |
27 |
28 |
25 |
Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in New Zealand as a whole. In the next 12 months, do you expect we'll have good times financially, bad times or some good and some bad? |
good times |
37 |
30 |
16 |
11 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
17 |
17 |
23 |
bad times |
26 |
27 |
55 |
67 |
61 |
53 |
50 |
54 |
47 |
38 |
35 |
28 |
Question Difference |
11 |
3
|
-39 |
-56 |
-46 |
-37 |
-33 |
-40 |
-35 |
-21 |
-18 |
-5 |
Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say is more likely, that in New Zealand as a whole, we'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad? |
good times |
34 |
37 |
44 |
41 |
43 |
37 |
39 |
35 |
31 |
36 |
31 |
32 |
bad times |
20 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
14 |
16 |
14 |
Question Difference |
14 |
20 |
25 |
20 |
24 |
18 |
21 |
17 |
14 |
22 |
15 |
18 |
Q5 Generally, do you think now is a good time - or a bad time - for people to buy major household items? |
good time to buy |
64 |
57 |
47 |
18 |
34 |
42 |
39 |
38 |
36 |
43 |
41 |
47 |
bad time to buy |
15 |
16 |
31 |
69 |
48 |
37 |
39 |
41 |
37 |
31 |
31 |
28 |
Question Difference |
49 |
41 |
16 |
-51 |
-14 |
5
|
0
|
-3 |
-1 |
12 |
10 |
19 |
Monthly ANZ-Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence Rating |
122.7 |
122.1 |
106.3 |
84.8 |
97.3 |
104.5 |
104.3 |
100.2 |
100.0 |
108.7 |
106.9 |
112.0 |
*The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is 100.0 plus the simple unweighted average of the difference between the percentage of respondents who give a favourable and those who give unfavourable answers to five key questions. |