Australia's consumer confidence improved for the second straight month in January to mark its biggest monthly rise since April 2021, as consumers got a temporary boost due to an interval from the Reserve Bank's rate hikes, although the overall economic picture is still gloomy, survey results from Westpac showed on Tuesday.
The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 5.0 percent to 84.3 in January from 80.3 in December.
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