Easing inflation is increasing the likelihood of a near-term rate cut, which would provide a welcome boost to consumer sentiment in 2025.

The West Australian

Australia

Consumers feel finances slide but hold hope for future

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Kerry Stokes

PerthNow

City of Perth

Western Australia

Inflation hits consumers: How do people in Lilienthal, Tarmstedt and Bremen deal with rising prices? What do they do without? How do they save? This is what consumers report.

Inflation trifft Verbraucher: Wie gehen Menschen in Lilienthal, Tarmstedt und Bremen mit steigenden Preisen um? Worauf wird verzichtet? Wie wird gespart? Das berichten Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher.

Verzicht im Supermarkt - wo Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher sparen

WESER-KURIER

Bremen

Germany

Abstinence in the supermarket - where consumers save

AUSTRALIAN consumer sentiment dipped for a second month in January as financial stress dominated at the start of the new year, a survey showed on Tuesday (Jan 14), suggesting spending will remain subdued in the near term.

Business Times

Australia consumer sentiment index dips 0.7% in January

Australian consumer sentiment dipped for a second month in January as financial stress dominated at the start of the new year, a survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting spending will remain subdued in the near term. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell 0.7% in January from December, when it dropped 2.0%. The cautious outlook should reassure the Reserve Bank of Australia that consumers are not about to rush out spending a…

India Daily Mail

Australia buyer perception index dips 0.7% in Jan

Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence: 92.1% (January) vs -2%

FXStreet

Australians are feeling increasingly pessimistic about their household finances even as signs suggest the economy is set to improve. Consumer confidence slipped in the latest survey from Westpac and the Melbourne Institute, with sentiment declining 0.7 per cent from December. The mood remains on the pessimistic side, with the index recording a figure of 92.1. A score of 100 denotes neutral sentiment. 
Luci Ellis said consumer sentiment may have …

The Queenslander

The ASX200 has been up 0.2% at 8,208 points in afternoon trade. The Westpac–Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index declined –0.7% to 92.1 in January, from 92.8 in December. Consumer mood has soured for two months in a row and remains on the pessimistic side. The survey results were also weaker later in the survey period than in the first two days. However, sentiment is still less negative than a year ago and some components suggest consume…

themarketonline.com.au

ASX Market Update: Consumer sentiment falls as bourse creeps higher | January 14, 2025

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