Results for the weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows: |
2016 |
July |
August |
September |
Date |
2/3 |
9/10 |
16/17 |
23/24 |
30/31 |
6/7 |
13/14 |
20/21 |
27/28 |
3/4 |
10/11 |
17/18 |
24/25 |
Interviews |
1,093 |
950
|
988
|
1,104
|
961
|
1,056
|
1,057
|
1,081
|
996
|
990
|
1,030
|
1,064
|
1,016
|
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 |
30 |
29
|
30
|
28
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
33
|
34
|
33
|
32
|
34
|
37
|
Worse off |
23 |
32
|
23
|
23
|
18
|
21
|
21
|
22
|
21
|
23
|
20
|
24
|
21
|
Question Difference |
7 |
-3
|
7
|
5
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
13
|
10
|
12
|
10
|
16
|
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 |
36 |
43
|
39
|
39
|
40
|
38
|
39
|
41
|
43
|
41
|
40
|
39
|
42
|
Worse off |
12 |
13
|
11
|
13
|
12
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
12
|
Question Difference |
24 |
30
|
28
|
26
|
28
|
24
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
27
|
27
|
25
|
30
|
Q3 Thinking of economic conditions in Australia 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 |
29 |
28
|
31
|
29
|
32
|
28
|
31
|
36
|
33
|
28
|
31
|
31
|
32
|
Bad times |
29 |
32
|
32
|
29
|
29
|
33
|
27
|
26
|
31
|
34
|
29
|
30 |
26
|
Question Difference |
0 |
-4
|
-1
|
0
|
3
|
-5
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
-6
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
Q4 Looking ahead, what would you say is more likely, that in Australia 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 |
32
|
33
|
32
|
33
|
32
|
33
|
38
|
33
|
33
|
34
|
33
|
35
|
Bad times |
22 |
23
|
26
|
23
|
25
|
25
|
22
|
21
|
25
|
28
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
Question Difference |
12 |
9
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
11
|
17
|
8
|
5
|
10
|
9
|
12
|
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 |
51 |
49
|
48
|
50
|
51
|
51
|
50
|
55
|
53
|
52
|
52
|
49
|
53
|
Bad time to buy |
15 |
15
|
15
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
17
|
12
|
16
|
14
|
Question Difference |
36 |
34
|
33
|
38
|
38
|
37
|
36
|
43
|
40
|
35
|
40
|
33
|
39
|
Weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating |
115.8 |
115.2
|
114.9
|
115.5
|
118.0
|
114.7
|
117.6
|
121.8
|
118.4
|
114.3
|
118.1
|
115.5
|
120.6
|
* 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. |