Eighty one per cent urban Indian respondents have polled that the state of personal finances was good or excellent for the third quarter of 2015, marginally up by two percentage points from last quarter (79 per cent in Q2 2015).
India continues to lead the global confidence index for the quarter at 131 points, the same as last quarter followed by US (119), Philippines (117)#
There has been a slight increase on concerns around job security, with 19 per cent of respondents indicating it is the biggest concern, up by two points from last quarter (17 per cent in Q2 2015). However compared to the same period last year, overall the outlook on jobs security is optimistic (21 per cent in Q3 2014).
Other big concerns for the next six months are state of the economy (13 per cent), followed by work life balance (10 per cent) and terrorism (8 per cent). The second biggest concerns for the quarter included terrorism (10 per cent) Increasing food prices (8 per cent) and parents welfare and happiness (7 per cent). (SH)
Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India