Economy - opinion on economic recovery in selected countries 2012

The statistic shows the results of a survey in selected countries about the economic recovery from the consumers' point of view. The survey was conducted in April 2012 among more than 15,000 respondents. 10 percent of respondents in Germany strongly agreed that the economy is unlikely to improve over the coming years.

Do you agree that the economy is unlikely to improve over the next several years?

Characteristic	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree
US	16%	27%
France	15%	37%
Germany	10%	29%
Italy	15%	31%
Spain	19%	32%
UK	18%	34%
Japan	12%	36%
China	3%	29%

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Release date

May 2012

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 2012

Number of respondents

More than 15,000 respondents

Supplementary notes

*The survey was conducted in the following 16 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, the U.S., France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.

The source posed the question as follows: "I don't think the economy will improve, at least not for the next several years."

Response options included: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree. This statistic only depicts the last two.
responses for China exclude the bottom income quartile.

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