Summary: Business conditions deteriorate for second month; confidence recovers chunk of December loss; infections trigger consumer caution, staff shortages; firms optimistic outbreak will be short-lived; ANZ data points to recovery in conditions, confidence “will likely grow”; capacity utilisation rate up; 6 of 8 sectors of economy at/above respective long-run averages; inflationary pressures continue. NAB’s business survey indicated Australian business conditions were robust in the first half of 2018, with a...