by Keeli Cambourne | Jun 15, 2022 | News
The confidence index dropped to 7.6 per cent last week following the decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise the cash rate by 50 bps. The ANZ Consumer Confidence Index is now at its lowest point since early April 2020 and has not been this low since January...
by Keeli Cambourne | Jun 15, 2022 | News
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ai Group, the Australian Retailers Association and the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia all have said that businesses will struggle to survive with the wage rise, and ultimately customers will...
by Keeli Cambourne | Jun 14, 2022 | News
The research, commissioned by Xero and conducted by Lonergan Research, surveyed more than 500 small-business owners and managers, and more than 1,000 consumers, and the results revealed that almost a third of people who run a business (30 per cent) taught themselves...
by Keeli Cambourne | Jun 14, 2022 | News
And it seems people are spending up on home improvements with the largest increases in spending on furniture and household equipment (14.9 per cent). They were also going out more with hotels, cafes and restaurants showing a 14.3 per cent increase and transport a 12.4...
by Keeli Cambourne | Jun 14, 2022 | News
Conditions fell 2 points as profitability and trading conditions edged down from very high levels, and the employment index picked up. Overall conditions remain well above average at +16 index points. The fall in confidence was more material but still leaves...
