Australia Consumer Confidence (Apr.)

Households remained fairly optimistic in April, despite the escalation in trade tensions between the US and China, with the Westpac measure of consumer confidence remaining above average for the fifth month in a row. But while consumer confidence is consistent with consumption growth staying close to 3.0%, we doubt it will remain that strong for long.

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