Poles feel safer while shopping and in restaurants
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Poles feel safer while shopping and in restaurants and the anxiety index returns to the level observed a month ago, according to the latest edition of Deloitte's ‘Global State of the Consumer Tracker’ survey.
As reported in the Deloitte press release, the anxiety index is slowly returning to its previous month's level when it hit a record low. The study was conducted at the turn of the second and third decades of August.
According to the report, after a record increase in the level of anxiety among Polish consumers two weeks ago, today the situation seems to be stabilizing. The Deloitte experts measure the level of anxiety among consumers, i.e. the net difference between people who agreed with the statement "I'm more concerned than a week ago" and those who denied this statement, fell by 7 pp in two weeks to minus 8 percent.
"In Europe, only Belgians (minus 10 percent) and Germans seem to be calmer than we. In our western neighbors, the level of anxiety is the lowest in the world (minus 32 percent), but it has been systematically rising since the first half of July (minus 48 percent)," Deloitte informed.
Deloitte's managing partner in Poland, Tomasz Konik, points out that Poland is the fourth country in the world among Deloitte surveyed with the lowest anxiety index.
"However, the fact that we react so quickly to changes may indicate that we are constantly on standby, and we do not underestimate either the pandemic or the threats it poses. Let this be demonstrated by the fact that health issues are still what we fear the most," Konik said.
(PAP)
