SYDNEY: Australian consumer sentiment has risen to its highest level in nine years, despite expectations that the Reserve Bank is set to embark on a tightening cycle, possibly by year's end, a leading survey showed yesterday.
The Westpac Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose 1.5% in October, and is now 14.7% higher than a year ago and at its highest level since July 1994.
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