Main cause of the IMF downgrade

Q. What do you think is the main cause of the IMF downgrade of the national economic outlook?

	Total	Gender		Age
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+
Local factors outside the federal government’s control	10%	12%	7%	16%	8%	6%
Global factors outside the federal government’s control	42%	49%	35%	38%	37%	50%
The federal government’s economic management	29%	28%	31%	25%	35%	28%
Unsure	19%	11%	26%	21%	20%	16%
Base (n)	1,033	516	517	298	366	369

 

	Total	Voting Intention
		Labor	Coalition	Greens	NET: Other
Local factors outside the federal government’s control	10%	10%	12%	6%	6%
Global factors outside the federal government’s control	42%	30%	59%	26%	36%
The federal government’s economic management	29%	41%	14%	36%	37%
Unsure	19%	18%	15%	32%	22%
Base (n)	1,033	371	401	106	119

• Global factors outside the federal government’s control are seen to be the main cause for the IMF downgrading Australia’s economic outlook (42%), while another 10% of participants believe the cause to be local factors outside the federal government’s control. The federal government’s economic management is seen to be the cause of the downgrade by 29%.
• Labour voters tend to blame the federal government’s economic management (41%, compared to 14% of Coalition voters). Most Coalition voters blamed global factors (59%) as the cause of the downgrade.