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Purchase the latest detailed "Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Monthly Report 2011"

In late May Consumer Confidence plunged to 112.7pts (down 2.9pts in a week) according to the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating conducted last weekend — May 28/29, 2011. Consumer Confidence is now 3.8pts lower than a year ago, May 29/30, 2010 (116.5).

The fall in confidence was mainly caused by less confidence in Australia’s economic situation over the next five years and in the purchase of major household items.

A lesser majority of Australians 57% (down 4%) say ‘now is a good time to buy’ major household items compared to 18% (up 2%) that say now is a ‘bad time to buy.’

In terms of Australia’s economy over the next five years 34% (down 4% — and the lowest since March 21/22, 2009) of Australians expect Australia to have ‘good times’ economically over the next five years compared to 20% (up 2%) that expect ‘bad times’ economically.

About Australia’s economy over the next twelve months, 36% (up 2%) expect Australia will have ‘good times’ financially during the next twelve months compared to 30% (up 2%) that say we’ll have ‘bad times.’

In terms of personal finances 29% (up 2%) of Australians say their family is ‘better off financially’ than a year ago compared to 35% (up 1%) that say their family is ‘worse off financially’ than a year ago.

Now 34% (down 2%) of Australians expect their family to be ‘better off financially’ this time next year compared to 24% (up 2% — and the highest since January 24/25, 2009) that expect to be ‘worse off financially.’

Gary Morgan says:

“Continued media discussion about cost of living pressures, the potential impact of the carbon tax on Australian households and also ongoing talk about RBA interest rate rises to come later this year appears to be having an impact on weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence — down 2.9pts to 112.7 — its lowest in nearly two years since June 13/14, 2009.

“Driving the fall are drops in Australians saying ‘now is a good time to buy’ major household items (57%, down 4%) and expectations for the Australian economy over the next five years with 34% (down 4%) expecting ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the longer period. Also driving the fall are rising worries about personal financial situations over the next year with 24% (up 2%) of Australians saying they expect to be ‘worse off financially’ this time next year — the highest this indicator has been since January 24/25, 2009 in the middle of the Global Financial Crisis.

“The fall in Consumer Confidence to two year lows makes it imperative that the RBA stops talking about possible interest rate rises to come and pays closer attention to the broader state of the Australian economy.”

This weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating is based on 1,067 face-to-face interviews conducted Australia-wide with men and women aged 14 and over on the weekend of May 28/29, 2011.

The latest Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Monthly Report is now available on the Roy Morgan Online Store.

http://www.roymorganonlinestore.com/Browse/Australia/Australia-Morgan-Poll/Consumer-Confidence.aspx

The latest Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Monthly Report provides detailed demographic breakdowns for Age, Sex, State, Region (Capital Cities/ Country), Generations, Lifecycle, Socio-Economic Scale, Work Status, Occupation, Home Ownership, Voting Intention, Roy Morgan Value Segments and more.

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Margin of Error

The margin of error to be allowed for in any estimate depends mainly on the number of interviews on which it is based. The following table gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. The figures are approximate and for general guidance only, and assume a simple random sample.  Allowance for design effects (such as stratification and weighting) should be made as appropriate.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2011 (April - June) - Weekly												April				May					June
												2/3	9/10	16/17	23/24	30/1 (May)	7/8	14/15	21/22	28/29	4/5	11/12	18/19
Interviews												1,170	981	1,178	1,058	1,145	955	1,129	1,024	1,067
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											27	31	31	31	27	31	30	27	29
	worse off											35	28	30	32	33	32	33	34	35
QUESTION 1 difference												-8	3	1	-1	-6	-1	-3	-7	-6
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											39	42	42	38	37	41	37	36	34
	worse off											22	15	20	19	20	17	22	22	24
QUESTION 2 difference												17	27	22	19	17	24	15	14	10
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											36	38	38	43	38	39	36	34	36
	bad times											27	25	27	25	28	28	27	28	30
QUESTION 3 difference												9	13	11	18	10	11	9	6	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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											36	36	40	41	38	40	37	38	34
	bad times											19	19	18	19	18	19	16	18	20
QUESTION 4 difference												17	17	22	22	20	21	21	20	14
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											59	59	59	59	60	60	54	61	57
	bad time to buy											16	15	15	14	15	16	17	16	18
QUESTION 5 difference												43	44	44	45	45	44	37	45	39
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												115.6	120.9	120.1	120.6	117.2	119.7	115.7	115.6	112.7
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2011 (January - March) - Weekly												January				February				March
												8/9	15/16	22/23	29/30	5/6	12/13	19/20	26/27	5/6	12/13	19/20	26/27
Interviews												910	1,094	978	1,048	1,100	1,031	1,221	988	1,110	1,121	1,033	1,078
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											30	33	32	29	29	31	30	27	27	30	28	29
	worse off											28	26	29	29	28	26	29	31	33	30	31	33
QUESTION 1 difference												2	7	3	0	1	5	1	-4	-6	0	-3	-4
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											39	42	43	40	41	44	40	34	39	40	37	41
	worse off											16	12	16	18	16	14	17	22	19	17	18	19
QUESTION 2 difference												23	30	27	22	25	30	23	12	20	23	19	22
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											39	35	37	37	33	36	39	35	36	37	35	37
	bad times											22	29	28	28	31	26	25	30	30	26	26	28
QUESTION 3 difference												17	6	9	9	2	10	14	5	6	11	9	9
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											40	42	40	42	40	40	40	37	37	40	39	41
	bad times											16	16	18	15	18	15	16	18	20	18	17	20
QUESTION 4 difference												24	26	22	27	22	25	24	19	17	22	22	21
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											65	60	59	60	57	57	58	55	57	56	54	56
	bad time to buy											10	14	15	14	18	18	16	18	16	18	20	16
QUESTION 5 difference												55	46	44	46	39	39	42	37	41	38	34	40
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												124.3	123.1	121.2	120.7	117.7	121.9	120.6	114.0	115.5	118.8	116.2	117.6
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2010 (October - December) - Weekly												October					November				December
												2/3	9/10	16/17	23/24	30/31	6/7	13/14	20/21	27/28	4/5	11/12	18/19
Interviews												944	1,067	1,052	1,078	1,093	1,136	1,111	1,069	1,065	1,015	1,114	991
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											32	35	33	34	31	32	30	29	29	31	30	30
	worse off											28	25	28	24	26	26	31	28	33	27	30	31
QUESTION 1 difference												4	10	5	10	5	6	-1	1	-4	4	0	-1
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											38	43	41	43	38	43	40	40	37	38	38	41
	worse off											17	15	17	15	15	15	15	16	17	13	15	15
QUESTION 2 difference												21	28	24	28	23	28	25	24	20	25	23	26
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											40	48	47	46	48	42	38	38	40	36	41	41
	bad times											20	14	18	17	18	20	22	22	23	22	22	21
QUESTION 3 difference												20	34	29	29	30	22	16	16	17	14	19	20
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											40	41	44	46	46	43	36	40	41	38	38	38
	bad times											14	12	14	14	14	14	19	17	17	18	17	16
QUESTION 4 difference												26	29	30	32	32	29	17	23	24	20	21	22
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											59	59	64	63	63	59	54	64	61	58	52	59
	bad time to buy											15	14	14	11	14	14	20	13	16	17	19	17
QUESTION 5 difference												44	45	50	52	49	45	34	51	45	41	33	42
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												122.9	129.2	127.7	130.1	127.8	126.0	118.2	122.9	120.6	120.9	119.3	121.8
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2010 (July - September) - Weekly												July				August					September
												3/4	10/11	17/18	24/25	31/1 (Aug)	7/8	14/15	21/22	28/29	4/5	11/12	18/19
Interviews												1,385	934	1,055	989	1,152	1,097	1,141	973	1,152	916	1,065	1,084
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											28	29	28	30	30	34	31	31	33	28	33	29
	worse off											30	30	33	29	32	25	27	30	25	28	25	29
QUESTION 1 difference												-2	-1	-5	1	-2	9	4	1	8	0	8	0
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											41	42	40	41	41	43	42	39	41	40	42	39
	worse off											16	14	15	15	15	11	12	13	14	13	13	16
QUESTION 2 difference												25	28	25	26	26	32	30	26	27	27	29	23
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											40	42	42	41	40	42	39	38	36	41	44	38
	bad times											19	17	18	18	17	14	18	16	18	17	20	20
QUESTION 3 difference												21	25	24	23	23	28	21	22	18	24	24	18
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											44	45	44	41	45	45	42	46	40	42	46	38
	bad times											12	12	11	12	11	10	12	10	12	13	12	14
QUESTION 4 difference												32	33	33	29	34	35	30	36	28	29	34	24
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											56	58	57	58	58	58	55	55	52	53	53	56
	bad time to buy											19	14	19	16	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	14
QUESTION 5 difference												37	44	38	42	40	42	38	38	36	36	36	42
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												122.5	125.9	123.0	124.1	124.2	129.0	124.6	124.6	123.3	123.0	126.3	121.4
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2010 (April - June) - Weekly												April				May					June
												3/4	10/11	17/18	24/25	1/2	8/9	15/16	22/23	29/30	5/6	12/13	19/20
Interviews												1,217	1,105	1,150	1,082	1,117	957	1,051	1,058	985	1,064	948	1,042
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											30	29	29	32	31	30	30	29	27	29	26	30
	worse off											29	30	29	28	29	31	32	31	34	29	35	28
QUESTION 1 difference												1	-1	0	4	2	-1	-2	-2	-7	0	-9	2
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											43	46	41	44	41	41	44	38	40	40	37	41
	worse off											12	14	19	17	15	17	15	18	18	14	17	15
QUESTION 2 difference												31	32	22	27	26	24	29	20	22	26	20	26
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											48	44	45	48	45	33	42	36	35	35	34	38
	bad times											16	17	19	17	22	23	22	28	25	24	22	20
QUESTION 3 difference												32	27	26	31	23	10	20	8	10	11	12	18
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											45	44	45	46	44	41	46	40	39	39	41	41
	bad times											13	13	16	13	15	15	12	17	15	15	13	11
QUESTION 4 difference												32	31	29	33	29	26	34	23	24	24	28	30
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											56	52	56	57	54	51	54	48	55	54	56	58
	bad time to buy											17	18	19	16	16	21	19	22	21	20	18	17
QUESTION 5 difference												39	34	37	41	38	30	35	26	34	34	38	41
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												127.0	124.4	123.0	127.0	123.5	117.8	123.2	115.1	116.5	119.0	117.6	123.6
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2010 (January - March) - Weekly												January					February				March
												2/3	9/10	16/17	23/24	30/31	6/7	13/14	20/21	27/28	6/7	13/14	20/21
Interviews												993	1,081	1,069	1,021	1,079	1,056	1,103	1,078	1,193	1,136	1,064	1,013
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											32	32	29	27	32	30	28	29	31	32	27	30
	worse off											28	31	28	28	26	29	32	33	28	27	30	29
QUESTION 1 difference												4	1	1	-1	6	1	-4	-4	3	5	-3	1
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											47	46	44	47	43	44	44	42	48	46	43	45
	worse off											13	13	13	12	14	11	14	16	14	14	15	15
QUESTION 2 difference												34	33	31	35	29	33	30	26	34	32	28	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											47	47	50	49	45	43	45	47	49	47	47	47
	bad times											17	16	14	18	15	14	18	18	16	17	15	15
QUESTION 3 difference												30	31	36	31	30	29	27	29	33	30	32	32
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											48	48	48	50	49	47	47	48	51	47	46	49
	bad times											13	11	12	13	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	10
QUESTION 4 difference												35	37	36	37	38	37	34	35	39	35	34	39
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											56	58	59	57	55	54	54	54	56	56	53	54
	bad time to buy											19	16	14	19	18	13	18	17	17	18	17	19
QUESTION 5 difference												37	42	45	38	37	41	36	37	39	38	36	35
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												127.8	128.9	130.0	128.2	127.9	128.1	124.6	124.7	129.5	128.1	125.4	127.5
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2009 (October - December) - Weekly												October				November					December
												3/4	10/11	17/18	24/25	31/1 (Nov)	7/8	14/15	21/22	28/29	5/6	12/13	19/20
Interviews												1,334	997	1,132	1,026	1,130	1,028	1,196	1,086	1,122	1,040	1,133	975
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											30	32	30	30	27	26	29	29	28	31	28	27
	worse off											29	29	28	30	29	28	30	31	32	27	31	33
QUESTION 1 difference												1	3	2	0	-2	-2	-1	-2	-4	4	-3	-6
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											47	48	44	39	43	42	42	43	41	43	40	43
	worse off											11	11	10	15	12	13	14	14	15	13	16	15
QUESTION 2 difference												36	37	34	24	31	29	28	29	26	30	24	28
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											48	45	44	47	49	46	46	45	44	44	43	40
	bad times											17	17	17	18	16	18	19	17	19	17	21	21
QUESTION 3 difference												31	28	27	29	33	28	27	28	25	27	22	19
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											52	49	48	50	49	48	49	48	47	51	47	42
	bad times											12	12	11	12	10	13	12	11	13	11	13	13
QUESTION 4 difference												40	37	37	38	39	35	37	37	34	40	34	29
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											50	53	56	53	57	53	53	54	55	54	54	52
	bad time to buy											21	17	21	17	18	17	20	19	21	20	19	20
QUESTION 5 difference												29	36	35	36	39	36	33	35	34	34	35	32
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												127.3	128.2	127.1	125.5	128.0	125.2	124.8	125.6	123.2	126.8	122.4	120.4
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2009 (July - September) - Weekly												July				August					September
												4/5	11/12	18/19	25/26	1/2	8/9	15/16	22/23	29/30	5/6	12/13	19/20
Interviews												1,466	1,018	1,130	1,008	1,155	1,050	1,045	1,035	1,050	928	1,095	1,041
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											26	27	25	25	25	30	29	27	30	29	30	29
	worse off											38	34	35	33	33	31	29	31	33	30	31	30
QUESTION 1 difference												-12	-7	-10	-8	-8	-1	0	-4	-3	-1	-1	-1
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											42	40	41	43	41	46	43	42	42	44	41	42
	worse off											16	13	15	13	13	10	11	13	13	12	13	12
QUESTION 2 difference												26	27	26	30	28	36	32	29	29	32	28	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	25	28	31	32	36	39	40	40	43	39	43
	bad times											34	31	30	29	24	23	23	22	24	20	20	19
QUESTION 3 difference												-54	-6	-2	2	8	13	16	18	16	23	19	24
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											47	43	45	46	44	50	51	55	52	46	48	50
	bad times											15	15	13	13	13	11	12	10	12	11	12	10
QUESTION 4 difference												32	28	32	33	31	39	39	45	40	35	36	40
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											52	51	49	54	47	49	51	51	52	50	48	50
	bad time to buy											24	23	24	22	24	21	24	21	24	22	23	18
QUESTION 5 difference												28	28	25	32	23	28	27	30	28	28	25	32
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												113.5	114.0	114.4	117.8	116.2	123.0	122.6	123.7	121.9	123.5	121.2	124.9
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2009 (April - June) - Weekly												April				May					June
												4/5	11/12	18/19	25/26	2/3	9/10	16/17	23/24	30/31	6/7	13/14	20/21
Interviews												1,486	987	1,145	1,051	1,106	1,032	1,122	1,065	1,082	1,083	1,010	997
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											30	27	25	29	25	26	25	25	27	26	24	25
	worse off											32	33	37	35	35	35	34	35	35	34	36	32
QUESTION 1 difference												-2	-6	-12	-6	-10	-9	-9	-10	-8	-8	-12	-7
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											39	37	38	33	33	38	36	38	38	40	39	39
	worse off											16	17	16	20	22	17	19	18	19	15	18	15
QUESTION 2 difference												23	20	22	13	11	21	17	20	19	25	21	24
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											15	17	18	15	12	19	16	19	19	22	24	27
	bad times											55	52	50	53	58	46	51	45	48	34	43	31
QUESTION 3 difference												-40	-35	-32	-38	-46	-27	-35	-26	-29	-12	-19	-4
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											35	37	39	35	35	39	36	39	38	40	47	44
	bad times											21	17	18	21	21	19	22	19	20	16	18	13
QUESTION 4 difference												14	20	21	14	14	20	14	20	18	24	29	31
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											46	45	44	45	46	46	47	45	49	49	51	50
	bad time to buy											27	28	29	30	29	28	28	27	25	24	27	25
QUESTION 5 difference												19	17	15	15	17	18	19	18	24	25	24	25
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												102.6	103.4	102.6	99.6	97.3	104.5	101.2	104.2	104.7	110.8	108.8	113.9
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2009 (January - March) - Weekly												January				February				March
												3/4	10/11	17/18	24/25	31/1(Feb)	7/8	14/15	21/22	28/1(Mar)	7/8	14/15	21/22
Interviews												981	1,053	1,023	1,129	927	993	916	1,145	1,016	1,133	1,046	1,042
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											28	33	29	26	26	30	25	26	25	28	26	27
	worse off											31	32	34	37	37	36	37	37	37	34	37	36
QUESTION 1 difference												-3	1	-5	-11	-11	-6	-12	-11	-12	-6	-11	-9
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	42	36	32	36	37	32	34	33	34	32	32
	worse off											20	17	19	25	21	21	21	21	22	19	23	21
QUESTION 2 difference												16	25	17	7	15	16	11	13	11	15	9	11
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											17	20	15	13	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	16
	bad times											48	47	51	61	60	62	54	54	59	57	60	56
QUESTION 3 difference												-31	-27	-36	-48	-49	-51	-41	-41	-46	-45	-48	-40
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											35	37	32	28	29	28	32	30	31	33	32	33
	bad times											19	20	22	27	25	27	26	26	24	23	27	22
QUESTION 4 difference												16	17	10	1	4	1	6	4	7	10	5	11
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											48	48	45	43	43	43	46	43	45	44	44	44
	bad time to buy											25	29	26	33	35	32	30	30	30	31	31	31
QUESTION 5 difference												23	19	19	10	8	11	16	13	15	13	13	13
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												104.1	107.2	101.1	92.0	93.4	94.1	96.2	95.8	95.2	97.3	93.5	97.2
* The 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.

Results for the weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2008 (October - December) - Weekly												October				November					December
												4/5	11/12	18/19	25/26	1/2	8/9	15/16	22/23	29/30	6/7	13/14	20/21
Interviews												1,183	981	1,064	1,072	1,060	1,100	1,045	989	1,140	1,109	1,016	988
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off											25	26	27	25	26	28	23	26	27	27	29	31
	worse off											38	41	37	42	40	36	37	37	36	36	35	34
QUESTION 1 difference												-13	-15	-10	-17	-14	-8	-14	-11	-9	-9	-6	-3
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											38	34	34	32	34	37	32	37	36	34	38	37
	worse off											22	23	24	27	25	20	23	23	20	20	19	20
QUESTION 2 difference												16	11	10	5	9	17	9	14	16	14	19	17
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											19	14	15	14	14	19	16	17	18	18	16	16
	bad times											44	49	48	54	51	49	50	49	47	46	46	48
QUESTION 3 difference												-25	-35	-33	-40	-37	-33	-34	-32	-29	-28	-30	-32
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times											28	28	27	28	30	30	26	30	31	29	30	33
	bad times											22	26	26	28	25	21	26	22	23	22	22	19
QUESTION 4 difference												6	2	1	0	5	9	0	8	8	7	8	14
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											29	26	30	28	31	33	33	33	39	40	43	46
	bad time to buy											40	43	45	40	43	39	37	37	36	33	34	26
QUESTION 5 difference												-11	-17	-15	-12	-12	-6	-4	-4	3	7	9	20
Weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating												94.2	89.5	90.7	87.3	90.3	95.8	91.2	94.9	97.8	98.4	99.9	103.0
* The 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.

Results for the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating* for the component questions over the more recent surveys are as follows:
2008 (January - September) - Monthly		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	August		Sep
									2/3	30/31
Interviews		1,027	994	1,176	1,121	1,186	1,081	999	1,075	1,042	1,057
Q1 Would you say you and your family are better-off financially or worse off than you were at this time last year?
Over the past year	better off	33	35	30	29	27	22	28	25	27	28
	worse off	25	25	30	34	35	45	40	43	39	39
QUESTION 1 difference		8	10	0	-5	-8	-23	-12	-18	-12	-11
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	39	40	39	37	32	31	35	35	36	38
	worse off	16	17	17	22	27	31	29	25	22	22
QUESTION 2 difference		23	23	22	15	5	0	6	10	14	16
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	38	36	32	25	26	22	19	18	24	25
	bad times	25	30	30	37	39	39	48	48	37	38
QUESTION 3 difference		13	6	2	-12	-13	-17	-29	-30	-13	-13
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 of so - or we'll have bad times - or some good and some bad?
	good times	35	37	33	29	29	26	26	25	31	30
	bad times	18	20	20	24	26	26	33	28	23	21
QUESTION 4 difference		17	17	13	5	3	0	-7	-3	8	9
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	52	46	39	33	34	33	36	32	32	35
	bad time to buy	20	23	29	35	36	38	32	40	32	30
QUESTION 5 difference		32	23	10	-2	-2	-5	4	-8	0	5
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating		118.6	115.8	109.5	100.1	97.1	90.7	92.0	90.1	99.3	101.2
* The 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.

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