Australia's latest consumer confidence data is expected to show a bounce back. Photo: Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS

Analysts and policymakers will get a read on how consumers are feeling about the economy in an otherwise quiet week for hard data.

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Australian households have been steadily gaining confidence in recent months, as reported in Westpac and the Melbourne Institute's monthly consumer sentiment index.

While not as pivotal to the Reserve Bank's thinking around monetary policy, it serves as a forward indicator for spending and economic growth, given household consumption accounts

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