Income decline, job insecurity drive consumer caution, while "Cakeism" mindset persists
Populism, Pride, Personas … Ipsos Update explores the latest and research & thinking on key topics from Ipsos teams around the world.
More than 6 in 10 report job losses within their family or social circle due to recent economic conditions. Another 50% believe the cost of goods and services will cost more than they do now next year.
However, people expect climate change to worsen in 2024, the Ipsos Predictions survey finds
In five points, we break down how people around the world are dealing (or not) as the pandemic fades away, war grinds on and sticky inflation sticks around.
The latest wave of the Ipsos Global Inflation Monitor finds people across 33 countries will have more money to spend in the next year as red-hot prices cool off slightly in many places; and almost half of the global public are seeing red over products getting smaller but prices staying the same.
And six in ten say their government is not working hard enough to tackle climate change.
Inflation has now been the top global concern in our What Worries the World survey for the last 20 months.
Sentiment is also up significantly in Poland, yet declines in Israel amid conflict.
Ipsos survey for Halifax International Security Forum finds 70% of people, on average, across 30 countries expect in the next 25 years we could see another world conflict involving superpowers similar to World Wars I & II