NAB’s latest business survey indicated the business sector continued to experience buoyant conditions, with confidence levels to match. This rosy picture has not extended to Australian households, a divergence some economists attribute to low rates of growth in wages and salaries. According to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index, households were slightly more pessimistic than a month ago as the Index slipped from 96.6 in July to 95.5 in...