Page 2 - Consumer Confidence

RBI launches surveys on consumer confidence, inflation expectations

The results of these surveys "provide useful inputs for monetary policy", the RBI said while announcing the launch of September 2020 round of CCS and IESH through two statements

People happy with govt's Covid-19 pandemic battle, but retail lags

The Retailers Business Survey, conducted in July by the Retailers Association of India (RAI), shows the fourth-largest global market is still seeing 63 per cent contraction in offtake

India's consumer confidence plummets to record low in July: RBI survey

Sentiment had been steadily falling since the government imposed the world's biggest pandemic lockdown in late March and collapsed further in July to reach 53.8, the RBI said

Slowdown blues: Post-lockdown, consumer confidence remains low

A grim economic outlook amid an ever-growing spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has turned consumers jittery

Fitch cuts India's GDP growth to 4.6% as credit crunch cripples economy

The rating agency sees moderate fiscal slippage, retains sovereign rating and outlook

India's consumer confidence in Nov sees steepest fall in more than 5 yrs

The drop coincides with a deepening slowdown in Asia's third-largest economy and increased worries about employment

Slowdown dampens consumer confidence; may impact festive buying: Survey

Majority of the consumers are planning to spend less than a reasonable amount by October: Survey

Benefits of fast-frequency economic data

BSE-CMIE-UMich consumer sentiment index is not much in variance with RBI survey. While latter shows 4.6% fall in urban current situation in Nov over Sep, the former shows 2.7% fall

India slips to second slot in Q2 consumer confidence over job worries

Nielsen survey for June quarter flags job prospects and security

Consumer confidence drops in April-June amid job security concerns: Nielsen

Consumers' cautionary spending towards 2016-end still had some impact on quarter under consideration

Despite note ban, consumer confidence highest in emerging mkts: Suisse

This was supported by confidence in their current and future finances, lower inflation expectations

Customer confidence drops for India, rises for the US, China

Consumer confidence: concerns and spending intentions around the world (Q2, 2016)

How confident is the customer

India, with a score of 131, tops the Nielsen global consumer confidence list as measured by its survey that tracked buyers' sentiment for the last quarter of 2015. Overall the year ended on a subdued note as the index declined two points from the third quarter to 97, which was the score at the start of the year