ANZ and Roy Morgan have teamed up to publish a high-frequency Consumer Confidence index for Australia.
- The index will be launched today (11th February) at 9:30AEDT (2230 GMT) and will be published weekly
- ANZ and Roy Morgan will produce consumer confidence indices for a number of key economies in the Asian region (a monthly Indonesian consumer confidence index will be launched on 18th February)
- ANZ & Roy Morgan already publish a monthly Consumer Confidence index for New Zealand
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From ANZ-Roy Morgan:
- Surveys are conducted on weekends and the results will be published on the following Tuesday. It will be more timely, although is closely correlated, with other measures of confidence in the market (the correlation coefficient between ANZ-Roy Morgan index and Westpac-Melbourne Institute is +0.90).
- High frequency will assist in the interpretation of key drivers. Over time, consumer confidence is a generally reliable indicator of the outlook for household spending. However, on a weekly basis it can be impacted by many factors. The frequency will allow users to more easily identify the key drivers of confidence at certain times and better determine if the outlook for household spending has changed. More comprehensive commentary on trends in consumer confidence will be published each month, drawing on the detailed data that Roy Morgan collects.
- Less volatility. This is because of the surveys’ relatively large sample size (around 1,000 consumers are surveyed weekly), and weekly prints will give a clearer read on confidence in the month.