Report: Aussie consumer confidence slides amid rising interest rates

SYDNEY, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A report from an Australian retail bank and market research firm has shown consumer confidence has slid by 2.5 percent over the last week, a sign that people are beginning to feel the impacts of rising interest rates.

The consumer confidence report from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and Roy Morgan, released on Tuesday, was based on the responses from 1,498 intervie