Sean Aylmer

What do you worry about most?

Is it the fact that you are so leveraged to the consumer and the cost of living crisis is real and the economy probably will slow?

What is it that you are most concerned about when you're running this incredible conglomerate, which is now one of the few top 10 companies that's not a finance company, not a commodities company, only you and Goodmans, I think.

What do you worry about most?

Not a fan of the capital gains tax changes, I'm guessing, Rob?

Rob, thank you very much for talking to Fear and Greed.

Thanks, Sean.

That was Wes Farmer's boss, Rob Scott.

I'm Sean Aylmer, and this is Fear and Greed Q&A.

Suomalainen kirjakauppa.

Pessimists.

Pessimists.

That's a hard word to say.

Pessimists.

now outnumber Optimus by nearly 20%, with the cost of living the key issue for many people.

The drop in fuel excise resulted in only a small reprieve, the survey says.

Other concerns are starting to emerge among consumers, including a sharp drop in house price expectations.

Respondents to the survey, on average, said things are worse now than 12 months ago,

and will get even poorer over the next year.

Westpac head of Australian macro forecasting, Matthew Hassan, said consumers are clearly bracing for more bad news on the financial front.