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TopicConsumer confidence survey

Topic: consumer confidence survey

In India, households optimistic about state of economy despite rising debt, expect inflation to ease

There also seems to be preference towards physical assets. And while there's good news on headline employment numbers, there has been an increase in share of low-productive jobs.

Despite consumer optimism, Indian economy’s just chugging along with no real prospect of acceleration

Assessments of 'current general economic situation' have been improving steadily over past couple of years, but the index remains no higher than in late 2019, when economic slowdown set in.

Larger share of people in September feel incomes are lower than last year, shows RBI survey

RBI’s Consumer Confidence Survey released Friday also shows that a larger share of people had cut back on essential & non-essential spending as compared to July.

Why consumer confidence is on the rise in India & how this optimism can be sustained

CMIE’s consumer sentiments & RBI’s consumer confidence indices show improvement. If initial signs of inflation easing are sustained, consumer confidence will see marked turnaround.

Consumers’ confidence hits new low, but they are hopeful about next year, RBI survey shows

Consumer confidence index for current situation sank to 49.9 from 53.8 in July, but future expectation index rose about 10 points to 115.9.

Consumer confidence in India falls in Q1 of 2018, remains below pre-demonetisation levels

Consumer confidence index had seen the steepest fall post demonetisation and hasn’t come back to November 2016 level even in 2018.

Consumer confidence hits a new low, reveals RBI survey

The RBI Wednesday released the September 2017 (Q2) round of the consumer confidence survey (CCS). Key takeaways:  The survey reflects deterioration in consumer sentiments...

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