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World/Sentiment/Australia

Sentiment

Australia — sentiment

Two reads side by side: the OBSERVED OECD Consumer Confidence survey (how people feel) and the soft-vs-hard DIVERGENCE against the derived macro fundamentals (what the data says). Observed values are real and sourced; the divergence is a transparent comparison of two disclosed scores — never a forecast, and an absent series is shown honestly.

How to read this:Observeda real measured value from a named source.Derivedcomputed by Predictonomy from observed series using a reproducible method.AI readan AI interpretation of already-computed figures. Opinion, not a new data point.

By aspect

Composite + macro dimensions

The derived sentiment composite and the aspects driving it (growth, inflation, labour, fiscal, external). GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}?include=dimensions.

Composite sentiment · derived
+0.12balancedWatch

Macro stress 44/100 · sentiment scale −1 (stressed) … +1 (supportive) · ⓘ How this score works

Confidence: High
As of 2025-12-31
By aspect — Australia’s macro dimensions
GrowthWatch
−0.04balanced

Stress 52/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Momentum

Sentiment trajectory

Derived sentiment recomputed per year of held macro history — the direction of travel, not a forecast. GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}/history.

Sentiment trajectory · 1961–2025
+0.21Deteriorating

Derived sentiment, −1 (stressed) … +1 (supportive)

Outlook

Forward sentiment · 2026

The sentiment composite projected from the prediction engine's baseline forecasts — a projection, not observed. GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}?include=forecast.

Outlook · 2026 · projection
+0.16balancedWatch

Projected macro stress 42/100

Change vs now

+0.04 sentiment

-2 stress

GrowthWatch

Projected 0.75 · stress 51/100

InflationWatch

Projected 2.97 · stress 37/100

LabourNormal

Survey vs fundamentals

Survey + divergence

Need it as JSON? GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/{iso3}/survey and /divergence.

Survey heldledger 51018ed

Australia: consumer confidence is 97.86073 (below-trend pessimism); soft vs hard sentiment is divergent — confidence behind fundamentals.

Consumer confidence (survey)

Observed
OECD Consumer Confidence Index
97.86

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Inflation
Normal
+0.46supportive

Stress 27/100 · as of 2025-12-31

LabourWatch
+0.12balanced

Stress 44/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Debt / fiscalWatch
+0.26balanced

Stress 37/100 · as of 2025-12-31

ExternalElevated
−0.48cautious

Stress 74/100 · as of 2025-12-31

Each aspect is a single macro-pressure driver — a narrow proxy, not a multi-signal sector model.

Span change

−0.20

Latest step

+0.01

Years

65

Confidence

High

AI read

Projected 3.67 · stress 32/100

Debt / fiscalNormal

Projected 52.27 · stress 30/100

ExternalElevated

Projected -2.82 · stress 67/100

Projection · not observedDerived from the prediction engine’s baseline projections for 5/5 drivers · High confidence.
AI read

OECD SDMX API

Below-trend pessimismvs 100 long-run trend
MoM ▼−0.173m ▼−0.83YoY ▼−1.34

Consumer confidence in Australia is 97.86 — below the 100 long-run trend (below-trend pessimism) and falling.

Soft vs hard divergence

Derived
DivergentConfidence behind fundamentalsconf high
Soft (survey)
-0.43

CCI 97.86 · pessimistic

Hard (macro)
+0.12

balanced · pressure 44

Gap (soft − hard)
-0.55

>0 = confidence ahead

DIVERGENCE for Australia: consumers are gloomier than the macro fundamentals justify (confidence lagging behind the hard data).

Machine-readable: GET /api/v1/sentiment/country/AUS/survey · /divergence · Full brief → · API docs