Economics

The ANZ job advertisement series measures the number of jobs advertised in the major daily newspapers and Internet sites covering the capital cities each month.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is the nations peak council of business organisations. ACCI's economic surveys provide regular and authoritative data about the experiences, attitudes and concerns of businesses of all sizes in all industry sectors across Australia. Their surveys include the ACCI-Westpac survey of industrial trends, the ACCI business expectations survey, ACCI small business survey and the ACCI survey of investor confidence.

NAB conducts a number of surveys to gauge the opinions of business with regard to the state of the economy and their view of future economic conditions.

The National Economic Indicators Series is a set of key economic measures for every Local Government Area (LGA) in Australia. The series is drawn from National Economics (NIEIR) modeling and other relevant data sources and is updated annually.

This table gives an historical time series of major economic indicators such as retail spending and business and consumer confidence.

Roy Morgan conducts independent market research and publishes data and reports on a range of issues including those relating to consumer confidence. They publish weekly and monthly Consumer Confidence ratings.

The quarterly Sensis® Business Index has been tracking SME confidence and behaviour since February 1995. It surveys 1,800 metropolitan and regional SMEs from areas such as manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, hospitality, construction, communication, property, business services, health, community services, cultural and recreational industries.

ANZ and Roy Morgan publish consumer confidence indices for a number of key economies in the Asian region including Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore and Indonesia.