Consumer Confidence Rises After Hitting A 15 Month Low

Consumer confidence across Australia increase by 2.2 percent after previously dropping to its lowest level since October 2020. While respondents’ confidence in ‘current financial conditions’ jumped by 6.3 percent. According to a recently published survey undertaken by ANZ and Roy Morgan, this uptick pushed consumer confidence slightly above neutral at 100.1 for the week of […]

Australia’s Economic Recovery Has Hit A Major Roadblock With Recent Lockdowns

Newly published data illustrates that Australia’s economic recovery significantly stagnated in July, as this was the month where small businesses recorded their worst performance since December 2020 in the face of ongoing lockdown restrictions affecting more than half of the Australian population. On Thursday 26th August Xero published results of their latest small business index, […]

NSW State Government Announces Support Package for Small Businesses Impacted By New Lockdown

The New South Wales State Government has announced a new support package to assist small businesses with the economic impact caused by the recent two week lockdown. The package includes grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 for small businesses, payroll tax deferrals for all employers, and an extension of the Dine and Discover program to […]

Business Credits Defaults in Australia Increase By 9 Percent

It has been revealed by CreditorWatch that some of Australia’s economic recovery has slightly lost a bit of its momentum, as it has recorded a 9 percent increase in credit defaults across businesses. Recently released figures show that despite the fact that although credit defaults were 43 per cent lower for the three months to […]