IMHO I will give you some other indexs The shopping bag index People will always go to shops and sales, in the last few years the shops have been full but buyers light. This year the shoppers have let loose and the number and size of the bags they are carrying is huge
The luxury car index Every cashed up bogan wife in Perth wants an AUDI, they are everywhere. Beemers and Mercs also in favour, Even so called lower/socio brackets turning noses up at Hyundais and Holdens.
Traffic through home opens All age groups, boomers and kids looking for a slice of the pie. They are not all dumb, just perhaps they are smarter than the bears and realise the time to buy is now.