Consumer Sentiment

Expectations of household incomes a year later turned positive in March 2023 for the first time since April 2020

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The recovery in consumer sentiments from the pandemic has been the slowest among all economic indicators

Like the labour market stress is concentrated in urban India, consumer sentiments have also soured essentially in urban India

Demand for bank credit remained healthy at 17.2%, even amidst tighter liquidity conditions and higher borrowing costs, Reserve Bank of India data showed

Chinese consumers last month were almost as negative about their current and future financial conditions as they were in early 2020 as the pandemic was breaking out

The consolidation of consumer sentiments in November rests upon an expectation that the economy will do well in the near- and medium-term future

The major religious minorities - Muslims and Christians - have withdrawn from the labour markets more than the majority faith. But again, the difference is not alarming

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Sentiments have neither collapsed, nor have they stepped down after the festive season. They seem to have sustained the elevated levels they had achieved during the festive season

The employment reality is grimmer than what the household survey data tell us. This is true for Chhattisgarh as much as it is for Uttar Pradesh. And, also for other states

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The recovery of consumer sentiments in rur­al India in July is likely a reflection of the improved economic prospects of the agricultural sector

Consumer IT spending in the Asia-Pacific region, already taking the brunt in the ongoing tight market conditions, is set to further slide in 2023, depending on the severity of the economic slowdown

The gradual loss of momentum of growth in sentiments can be traced to the deterioration in consumer expectations from the future

While about 13 million lost jobs during the month, the count of the unemployed increased by only 3 million

Consumer sentiments have been recovering, but at a very slow pace. Worse still, this recovery has been decelerating in recent months. Further, this recovery is skewed in favour of the rich

Consumer expectations in rural India were down by 1.7 per cent in May while expectations in urban India improved by 6.4 per cent

Domestic sales stood at 4,66,466 units last month. The company had dispatched 1,59,561 units in the domestic market in May 2021.