Interest rates

Q. Will the recent cut in official interest rates make you personally better off or worse off financially?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Total better off	25%		26%	28%	22%	20%		30%	31%	7%
Total worse off	29%		32%	28%	31%	28%		21%	21%	49%
Much better off	3%		3%	4%	2%	2%		4%	3%	1%
A little better off	22%		23%	24%	20%	18%		26%	28%	6%
A little worse off	19%		20%	20%	26%	16%		17%	14%	30%
Much worse off	10%		12%	8%	5%	12%		4%	7%	19%
Make no difference	36%		33%	37%	37%	46%		30%	37%	42%
Don’t know	11%		10%	8%	10%	5%		19%	10%	2%

 25% think that the recent cut in official interest rates will make them personally better off and 29% think it will make them worse off.

Those more likely to think they will be better off were aged 25-44 (35%), full-time workers (36%) and incomes over $2,000 pw (40%).

Those more likely to think they will be worse off were aged 55+ (49%), earning less than $1,000 pw (37%) and those not working (36%).