A special Roy Morgan survey conducted in Australia in conjunction with the Gallup International Association survey in 47 countries world-wide finds that Australia is one of the least confident countries in the world about 2020.
Only 12% of Australians (down 32% points on a year ago) expect 2020 will be a ‘better year’ than 2019 which is equal 43rd with South Korea of the 47 countries surveyed. Australia is more positive about 2020 than only three countries including Italy (11%), Jordan (7%) and Lebanon (5%).
The full text of this article is available to MacroBusiness subscribers
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
