{"id":16021,"date":"2013-08-25T03:08:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T03:08:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-08-25T03:08:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T03:08:47","slug":"South-Asian-consumers-the-least-anxious-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16021","title":{"rendered":"South Asian consumers the least anxious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumers in South Asia appear to be the least nervous or anxious among those in the seven global regions surveyed by JWT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

JWT, an international marketing communications group, released the results of its latest AnxietyIndex study on Thursday. The 10-year-old AnxietyIndex tracks the levels and drivers of consumer anxiety in 27 countries.<\/p>\n

Only 63% of the survey respondents in South Asia said they were very or somewhat anxious to what was happening in the world, their country and family life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This compares to the global average of 71%.<\/strong> The figure is 64% in North America, 69% in Western Europe, 71% in North Asia, 73% in South America, 75% in Eastern Europe, and 82% in the Middle East\/Africa. This online survey, which was done in October last year, did not cover Malaysia. The South Asian countries monitored were Australia, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.<\/p>\n

According to the topline global report, Pakistan<\/strong> and Spain are the most anxious countries, with the least anxious being Finland and Germany. Nine in 10 respondents in Pakistan reported that they were anxious. \u201cEconomic anxiety is a pervasive theme in every region except South America and Eastern Europe,\u201d the report says,<\/p>\n

South Asians are most concerned about the economy and the cost of living<\/strong> ? albeit to a lesser extent than respondents elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The top anxiety for Singapore is the cost of living, while for Indonesia and India, it is the stock market and gasoline\/petrol prices, respectively.<\/strong> The Thais cited a non-economic issue as their top anxiety: natural disasters.
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\nFor Pakistan, the most anxious country, the main anxiety is gasoline\/petrol prices.<\/strong> Spain, meanwhile, worries most about the unemployment rates.<\/p>\n

Globally, the current cost of living generates the greatest anxiety, says the report. Unemployment is also driving anxiety around the world.<\/p>\n

Perceptions of when the economy would improve vary widely around the world. In Hong Kong, 65% of the respondents expected it to happen this year<\/strong> but 51% of the respondents in Spain mentioned 2014 or later.<\/p>\n

Happiness also varies greatly around the world, with Brazil, Indonesia and India being the happiest among markets<\/strong> that JWT studied.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, 45% of the respondents said they were very happy. Thailand and Singapore fall in the middle range, with 20% and 19% respectively.<\/p>\n

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