The Wave 16 results for the COVID-19 Weekly Business Sentiment Tracker published by ACA Research in partnership with TEG Insights has been released.
ACA Research, Managing Director, James Organ said: “The level of optimism this week is greater than expected. SMEs are demonstrating a high level of resilience despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic.
Some of the highlights this week are:
- 45% reporting a significant decline in revenue, compared to 57% in mid-July.
- 23% expecting higher revenues over the next 4 weeks.
- 19% using JobKeeper will no longer be eligible in October.
- 25% extremely dissatisfied with the Victorian Government.
Please click on this link for the summary blog or click on this link to access the full report including subgroup analysis by industry sector, size of business and State.
Please note the data is from the week ending 30th August 2020.
Author: James Organ, ACA Research