Summary: Household sentiment deteriorates in April; interest rates, inflation, weather unnerve consumers; three of five sub-indices lower; respondents less concerned by prospects of unemployment. After a lengthy divergence between measures of consumer sentiment and business confidence in Australia which began in 2014, confidence readings of the two sectors converged again in mid-July 2018. Both readings then deteriorated gradually in trend terms, with consumer confidence leading the way. Household sentiment fell...