Summary: Household sentiment declines slightly in December; “clear difference” between NSW, Vic and Qld, WA, SA; still above long-term average; more negative responses to inflation, interest rates this year; three of five sub-indices lower. 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...