Consumer Confidence

Monthly consumer confidence index from market research firm GfK rose to -17 in December from -18 in November, the highest reading since August

Consumer confidence dips marginally

Price and inflationary pressures eased across all product groups

While the economy is expected to slow this year as a result of the cumulative impact of 525 basis points worth of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve since March 2022 to tame inflation

The 'future expectations index', which judges consumer sentiment for the upcoming 12 months, also improved to its highest since mid-2019, the survey showed

The report underlined that -39 is the biggest net negative on this question in the history of the survey

The survey showed that household spending was buoyant on the back of higher essential and non-essential spending

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The survey also covered employment scenarios, overall price situation and own income and spending from 5,387 households across these cities

The findings are based on an Ipsos online poll conducted September 4, 2021 - October 8, 2021

For the consumer confidence survey, a sample of 500 adults from Ipsos' India online panel aged 16-64 was interviewed online.

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Consumer confidence has dipped to a new low as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on lives and businesses across the country, a new survey by the Reserve Bank of India show

The survey was conducted through interviews on the phone from April 29 to May 10 in 13 major cities

The monthly Refinitiv-Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) for India, in May, has shown a sharp drop of 6.3 percentage points, over April 2021, amid Covid-19 fears

Consumer sentiment was down across all 4 indices -- jobs, personal finances, economy and investments for the future, the survey said

Consumer confidence among urban Indians has moved up slightly, by 0.9 percentage point, in February so far, a report said

The Reserve Bank has launched the latest round of surveys to capture consumer confidence and inflation expectations of households, which are useful inputs for its monetary policy

The monthly PCSI, which is driven by the aggregation of the four weighted sub-indices, is a mixed bag for October 2020, Ipsos said in a statement

Consumer confidence index has shown a marginal uptick of 1.1 percentage points in September 2020, according to a monthly survey