Australia’s NAB Business Confidence Index inched up to 3 in January 2026 from a downwardly revised 2 in the prior month, marking the highest reading since October. Meanwhile, business conditions weakened (7 vs 9 in December), due to declines in both sales (10 vs 16) and profits (8 vs 11), while employment held steady for the third straight month (at 4). On the cost side, both labour and input cost pressures continued to ease, while quarterly growth in retail prices slowed further to 0.3% from 0.5% in December. According to NAB economist Michael Hayes, “Measures of cost and price growth in the survey fell to new post-pandemic lows.” He added that “overall, the January survey showed the economy has retained most of its momentum gained through the past year and the level of activity remains high,” even as capacity utilisation has eased somewhat in recent months. The survey was conducted before the RBA raised rates by 25bp to 3.85% last week, the first hike in two years. source: National Australia Bank
Business Confidence in Australia increased to 3 points in January from 2 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Australia averaged 4.84 points from 1997 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 23.00 points in October of 2021 and a record low of -68.00 points in March of 2020. This page provides - Australia Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Business Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Business Confidence in Australia increased to 3 points in January from 2 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Australia is expected to be 8.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Australia Business Confidence is projected to trend around 12.00 points in 2027, according to our econometric models.