Summary: Household sentiment deteriorates mildly in January; “surprisingly solid result” given omicron spread; still above long-term average; states impacted by ‘delta’ lockdowns “less unsettled” than other states; 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 terms, with...