ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence up to 112.5 powered by increase in ‘good time to buy’ now highest since February 2020

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was up 0.9pts to 112.5 this week. Consumer Confidence remains above the 2021 weekly average of 111.2 and is a huge 20.2pts higher than the same week a year ago, May 16/17, 2020 (92.3).

This week’s increase was driven by more Australians saying they are ‘better off financially’ than this time a year ago and more saying now is a ‘good time to buy major household items’ – now at its highest since February 2020 after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a largely well received Federal Budget last week.

Current financial conditions

• Now 28% (up 2ppts) of Australians say their families are ‘better off’ financially than this time last year and 25% (unchanged), say their families are ‘worse off’ financially.

Future financial conditions

• In addition, 37% (unchanged) of Australians expect their family to be ‘better off’ financially this time next year compared to only 14% (unchanged) that expect to be ‘worse off’ financially.

Current economic conditions

• One-in-five Australians, 20% (down 2ppts), expect ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the next 12 months while only 14% (up 2ppts), expect ‘bad times’.

Future economic conditions

• In the longer term, just over a fifth of Australians, 22% (unchanged), are expecting ‘good times’ for the economy over the next five years compared to only 14% (up 1ppt) expecting ‘bad times’.

Time to buy a major household item

• An increasing plurality of Australians, 45% (up 5ppts), say now is a ‘good time to buy’ major household items (the highest figure for this indicator since pre-pandemic in February 2020) while 22% (down 3ppts) say now is a ‘bad time to buy’ (the lowest figure for this indicator for over a year since February 2020).

ANZ Head of Australian Economics, David Plank, commented:

"Consumer confidence increased by 0.8%, with sentiment in Sydney jumping 5.4% as no new community cases of COVID-19 were reported. The greater than expected spending promised by the government in the federal budget may have also provided a boost to confidence. Among the detail, 45% of the responders said it is a ‘good time to buy a major household item’ versus 22% for it being a ‘bad time to buy’, which are respectively the highest and lowest values since February 2020."

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Related Research Reports

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

Consumer Confidence – Monthly Detailed Report in Australia.
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Consumer Banking Satisfaction - Monthly Report in Australia.

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