Economy

Australians willing to spend taxpayer money on projects to combat climate change. The 2016 edition is the tenth consecutive year we have asked Australians their views on environmental topics with a focus on climate change.

The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The South Africa Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for January,2017 is down 1.2 percentage points over last month.

The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Canada and the United States.

The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

Optimistic about the New Year? This and other questions asked in 25 countries around the world in this latest Global @dvisor poll.

58% of Americans believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction, with Republicans (61%) and Democrats (56%) having a fair amount of pessimism. More Independents (67%) believe that the country is off on the wrong track.

2016 has been a turbulent year, with a number of global events, such as Brexit and the US presidential elections, influencing the global economic situation. Despite all the calamity of the outgoing year, all three Ipsos Global @dvisor economic assessment averages are finishing on a positive note.

But Albertans still have dismal assessment of the national (36%) and their local (26%) economies.