Economy

Two months after the first coronavirus outbreak reports, China loses its status of consumer sentiment champion to Saudi Arabia while Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and the United States see a notable drop in their expectations Index since February.

Threat of a recession will result in large fiscal measures from governments, say economists.

This digest brings together our latest research on coronavirus and draws on our surveys, social media monitoring and analysis from our Ipsos teams around the world.

Ipsos in China has conducted a short online survey to understand the impact of Chinese consumer’s purchase intention of new cars under the impact of Covid-19.

Majority of people think it is impossible to forecast how the virus is spreading.

Global consumer confidence index has barely changed since the COVID-19 virus outbreak, but China’s national index is down by more than four points.

Ipsos' survey for the World Economic Forum finds most employed adults across the world trust they have the skills needed to weather automation.

Consumer sentiment is up in South Africa, the U.S., Great Britain, Argentina and Japan, but falls in Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Israel and South Korea.

65% worldwide believe 2019 was a bad year for their country and half of them considered it a bad year for their family and themselves. And most of our respondents’ predictions worldwide are not very optimistic yet 75% of people polled in 33 markets are confident 2020 will be a better year for them.