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西太平洋银行-MI:受燃油成本上涨和加息压力影响,澳大利亚4月份消费者信心下滑

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-- 根据西太平洋银行和墨尔本研究所周二发布的一项调查,澳大利亚4月份消费者信心大幅下滑,燃油价格和利率上涨加剧了生活成本压力,严重打击了经济情绪。 西太平洋银行-墨尔本研究所消费者信心指数从3月份的91.6大幅下降约13%至4月份的80.1。 西太平洋银行澳大利亚宏观预测主管马修·哈桑表示,燃油价格上涨和25个基点的加息再次给澳大利亚消费者带来生活成本压力,导致消费者信心接近历史低点,并预示着经济疲软的局面将持续,类似于2022年至2024年的通胀时期。 该指数的所有组成部分在4月份均大幅下降,其中“当前状况”的降幅最大,尤其是“家庭财务状况与一年前相比”的降幅,受燃油成本上涨的影响,该指数下降近17%至66.8。 4月第一周,平均汽油价格达到每升2.40澳元,较3月份上涨0.37澳元,创下该调查历史最大涨幅。尽管燃油消费税的临时下调使价格每升降低了0.12澳元,但仍未能打破这一纪录。 消费者对经济和自身财务状况的预期急剧恶化,两项分项指数均出现下滑。他们预期经济将持续承压,霍尔木兹海峡持续的交通中断将导致燃油价格上涨,且短期内情况难以好转。 由于通胀持续以及澳大利亚储备银行(RBA)可能进一步加息,消费者预计未来一年利率和抵押贷款成本将上升,这削弱了购房信心。受生活成本压力影响,“购买大件商品时机”指数下跌15%至83.3。 消费者对中期经济的预期依然相对坚挺,“未来五年经济”分项指数下降5.1%至91.4,表明消费者预期当前的挑战只是暂时的。 消费者对劳动力市场的悲观情绪日益加剧,4月份失业预期上升9.7%至147.8,其中能源和利率敏感型行业(如建筑业和酒店业)的失业担忧尤为显著。 4月份购房者信心小幅回升,主要受抵押贷款市场增长的带动,但仍远低于长期平均水平;房价预期大幅下降,但仍保持相对乐观。 由于持续的通胀和能源价格上涨带来的压力超过了需求疲软和实际收入下降的影响,预计澳大利亚储备银行将在5月份再次收紧货币政策。

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