Confidence was down 1.5% last week, following a decline of 1.1% the previous week. All of the confidence sub-indices were down, with the exception of a flat ‘time to buy’ reading.

For almost 10 million grocery buyers, at least one tub of ice cream is part of their shop – that’s a lot of grocery buyers and a lot of ice cream.

New research from Roy Morgan shows that over 15.2 million Australians now drink hot drinks including hot coffee, hot tea or hot chocolate in an average week representing 74.1% of Australians aged 14+.

It’s Official: Australian population growth since 2000 is powering the travel industry as proportionally fewer Australians are taking a holiday today than two decades ago.

New research from Roy Morgan’s recent State of the Nation Report on Travel shows almost 8-in-10 Australians would like to take a holiday in the next 12 months and some of their desired nations are surprising.

In June, Australians expected annual inflation of 3.8% over the next two years as the RBA cut interest rates to a record low 1.25% in the first week of June. This is down 0.3% on May and down a significant 0.7% on a year ago in June 2018.

New research from Roy Morgan shows that with over 4.4 million Australians (21.5% of the population) using Uber in an average three months the popular ride-sharing app is set to overtake the traditional taxi as Australia’s preferred private transportation service during 2019. Uber’s 4.4 million Australian customers are now within touching distance of the almost 4.5 million Australians (21.7%) that use taxis in an average three months.

New research from Roy Morgan shows that over 15 million Australians now buy some type of cheese with Block Cheese bought by 13.5 million Australians (85.1% of Australian grocery buyers) being easily the most popular type of cheese that Australians buy.

Over the last 12 months industry super funds increased their lead over retail funds for member satisfaction. In May 2019, industry funds scored 62.5% satisfaction with financial performance, well above retail funds with 56.5%. This latest lead in satisfaction for industry funds of 6.0% points is an increase from the 1.8% points lead they held 12 months ago. The best performer across all major industry and retail was Unisuper with 70.9%, closely followed by Tasplan on 69.6%.

The latest data for the Roy Morgan employment series for June shows: In June 1.25 million Australians were unemployed (9.2% of the workforce) with an additional 1.28 million (9.4%) now under-employed.

Satisfaction with the home loan customers of the big four banks in May was 71.1%, well below the 76.8% rating given by their non-home loan customers. The home loan customers of the other major banks all have much higher satisfaction than the big four and are closer to the rating given by their non-home loan customers.

The latest research from the Roy Morgan Trust and Distrust Monitor, particularly relevant given today’s news about Woolworths, shows Retail and Supermarkets at the highest NTS – Net Trust Score. Gambling is at the other extreme, with a negative NTS – more Australians distrust gambling companies than trust them; and Food and Beverage companies are in the middle.