Spain tops 'economic pessimism' poll

The Financial Times today reported how Spanish consumers were the most pessimistic about the state of their economy, according to an Ipsos-Mori poll which surveyed 19,000 people across 24 countries.

Only 5 % of Spanish people surveyed saw the country’s economic situation as good, while 63 % regarded it as “very bad,” the newspaper said. 41 % percent in Japan also viewed their economy as very bad, ranking them the second- most negative, while the U.K. placed third with 34 %, the FT said.

In contrast, 85 % of consumers in India saw their country’s economic situation as good, along with 77 % in China and 65 % in Brazil.