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Economic expectations

Apr 14, 2020

Q. Which of the following is closer to your expectations of what will happen to the economy following the Covid-19 situation?

	13/04	06/04
The economy will rebound within 2-3 months and grow just as strong or stronger than before Covid-19	12%	11%
The economy will be impacted for 6-12 months or longer and will stagnate or show slow growth thereafter	49%	51%
Covid-19 will have long lasting impact on the economy and the country will fall into a lengthy recession	27%	29%
Unsure	11%	9%
Base (n)	1,068	1,069

		Gender			Age Group
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+
The economy will rebound within 2-3 months and grow just as strong or stronger than before Covid-19	12%	13%	11%	12%		13%	11%
The economy will be impacted for 6-12 months or longer and will stagnate or show slow growth thereafter	49%	51%	48%	52%		49%	48%
Covid-19 will have long lasting impact on the economy and the country will fall into a lengthy recession	27%	26%	29%	23%		28%	30%
Unsure	11%	10%	13%	12%		10%	11%
Base (n)	1,068	537	531	343		340	385

Little change in the economic expectations from last week, with half of people (49%) think Covid-19 will impact the economy for up to a year, with slow growth following. A further 27% believe the impact will be even more devastating, with long-lasting impact and recession.

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