Investment Fraud Awareness
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Condition of the Economy: Savers and Investors show far less optimism
on economic growth and the rate of unemployment than in 2017
Q
As far as the general condition of the economy is concerned, how would you rate the following over the next 12 months?
[asked of all respondents, shown among savers and investors only; national n=3,784, Manitoba n=398]
Among savers and investors only
National
% Optimistic
Manitoba
% Optimistic
2020 5%
24%
30%
23%
8% 10%
28%
2020
Performance of
the stock market
2017 5%
30%
37%
16% 3%8%
35%
3% 21%
2017 4% 23%
26%
31%
7% 12%
24%
34%
20%
4% 15%
27%
2012 4% 22%
31%
26%
9% 8%
26%
2012 4% 21%
29%
31%
6% 10%
25%
Income growth
2020 5% 21%
29%
27%
10% 8%
26%
2020
3% 21%
28%
28%
10% 10%
24%
2020 4% 20%
22%
33%
14% 6%
24%
2020 2% 21%
19%
32%
17%
8%
24%
Economic growth
2017 6%
2012
38%
29%
17% 4% 5%
45%
2017
4%
38%
31%
15% 3% 9%
42%
5%
31%
27%
25%
7%5%
36%
2012
8%
35%
28%
19%
4%6%
43%
2020
4% 16%
28%
30%
Inflation
2017 4% 21%
35%
27%
2012 5% 19%
33%
28%
13% 9% 20%
7% 6%
9% 7%
25%
24%
2020 3% 12%
2017 4% 18%
2012 5% 24%
27%
32%
32%
30%
14% 13%
15%
29%
6% 11%
22%
24%
8% 8%
29%
Unemployment
2020
3% 15%
2017 5%
21%
37%
30%
34%
17% 7%
21% 6%5% 35%
18%
2020
3% 14%
16%
2017
4%
31%
rate
2012 4% 22%
30%
28%
10% 6%
26%
2012
5% 25%
39%
18%
10%
17%
33%
18%
4% 9%
35%
29%
24%
10% 7%
30%
■Very optimistic
Somewhat pessimistic
Note: 2017 national n=3,453, MB n=362; 2012 national n=3,749, MB n=165
Somewhat optimistic
Very pessimistic
Neither optimistic nor pessimistic
Don't know
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