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Levels of consumer confidence can signal people’s future spending plans and the likely impact on the economy.
Donald Trump’s job approval ratings may be holding, but consumer confidence matters for his re-election prospects.
Even when interest rates are already low, on balance further cuts boost rather than harm confidence.
The emotions associated with trends in popular music and lyrics can predict economic sentiment.
The slew of numbers across various major economies this week continue to suggest a mixed picture.
The International Monetary Fund’s view of how to fix South Africa’s economy deserves to be seriously considered.
Treasurer Scott Morrison says Australia will “grow into growth”. Global economic conditions suggest otherwise.
The prospect of a hung parliament or minority government may lead to investor uncertainty and little movement in asset prices.
GDP growth that doesn’t translate into income is no cause for celebration.
This week: a range of confidence measures, from not great to interesting for Australia; ECB confirms negative rates and further stimulus.
The economic news of the week wasn’t that bad - but there’s still plenty of timid types around.
Business confidence might be up after the budget, but there are more reliable measures of what’s really driving the economy.
As we head into the federal budget tonight, all eyes will be on how the Coalition government might tackle some challenging economic data affecting Australia’s economy.
It will take more than monetary policy to get Australia’s business and consumer confidence back on track.
The fact is, people do not always behave dispassionately and logically. Which is why measuring consumer sentiment matters.
It would seem odd that the guesses of a random collection of people inform economic policy. But there’s more to consumer sentiment than that.
In an interview with the Australian Financial Review last week, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens suggested the Australian dollar might fall to US75 cents in 2015. And he intimated that it wouldn’t be…
Treasurer Joe Hockey called on shoppers this week to “not let Santa down” and asked them to spend up big at the stores this Christmas. Unfortunately, the latest retail and consumer confidence data indicate…
The CAMA RBA Shadow Board is a project by the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, based at the ANU, which asks industry and academic economists what interest rate the Reserve Bank of Australia should…
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Economics, Melbourne Business School
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Finance, The University of Western Australia
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Senior Research Fellow (Macroeconomics), Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Economics, University of the Western Cape
