Business feeling positive

AUSTRALIAN businesses are feeling optimistic that economic activity in the three months to December will be better than the same time last year.

AUSTRALIAN businesses are upbeat in the lead up to Christmas thanks to lower interest rates and a lower Australian dollar.

BUSINESSES are expecting to see increased activity as the end of the year approaches, with profit, sales and employment activity all tipped to rise during the final quarter, Dun and Bradstreet's latest business expectations survey shows.