Market Sentiment & Behavioural Analysis
The 21600 series tracks how market participants actually behave — investor versus owner-occupier lending patterns, herd psychology, price volatility, sentiment surveys, first home buyer lending shares, and the media framing environment that conditions all of the above — as distinct from the policy and regulatory settings that condition that behaviour, which are tracked in earlier series. Market Sentiment & Behavioural Analysis (21600) does not carry its own composite reading; it is a taxonomy grouping over eight component nodes.
The gold shape is each component’s certified Z-score: Investor vs. Owner-Occupier Behaviour (21610) +1.2431σ in Q2 2026; Market Psychology & Herd Behaviour (21620) −0.2802σ in Q2 2026; Price Volatility & Risk Assessment (21630) −0.3402σ in Q2 2026; Measured Consumer & Business Sentiment (21640) −1.3994σ in Q2 2026; and First Home Buyer Lending Share (21660) +0.0791σ in Q1 2026. The grey dashed ring marks 0σ, each component’s baseline average. Each reading is the component’s own most recent certification, so reference periods differ between components. Media & Narrative Sentiment Index (21680) is a qualitative classification and is not plotted. The 21600 series carries no composite reading.
