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  • Apr, 2013

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    Agreement with economic figures

    Q. Some say that official figures show Australia’s economy is doing very well, especially compared to the rest of the world.  The interest rate, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate are all at relatively low levels. Do you agree or disagree that this shows the state of the economy is good?

     

    28 May 12

    Total

    8 Apr 13

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total agree

    52%

    56%

    76%

    42%

    77%

    Total disagree

    37%

    37%

    20%

    54%

    20%

    Strongly agree

    9%

    12%

    25%

    5%

    23%

    Agree

    43%

    44%

    51%

    37%

    54%

    Disagree

    27%

    29%

    17%

    42%

    17%

    Strongly disagree

    10%

    8%

    3%

    12%

    3%

    Don’t know

    10%

    7%

    4%

    5%

    3%

    When told that official figures show Australia’s economy is doing well, 56% agreed and 37% disagreed.

    Those most likely to disagree were Liberal/National voters (54%), aged 55+ (45%) and people with incomes under $600pw (49%).

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