Survey shows pessimistic consumer and optimistic business people in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A survey shows a mismatch in the perception of the economy between consumers and business people in Rio de Janeiro. Consumers are more afraid of losing their jobs, while business people are confident in the economic recovery.
The data is from Instituto Fecomércio de Pesquisas e Análises (IFEC RJ), which interviewed 523 people.
The rate of consumers afraid of dismissal rose from 60.7% to 62.1%, while the portion of those confident in the national economic recovery fell from 42.6% to 36.1%.
On the other hand, an institute survey released the November 19 showed that business people from the state service sector are optimistic. Encouraged by the Covid-19 vaccination and the reopening of commerce, 77.9% of entrepreneurs expect their business situation to improve or get much better.
For 29.3%, their enterprise has been better or much better in the last three months. IFEC RJ interviewed 280 entrepreneurs for this survey.
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