Economic issues

Q. Do you think the following have become better or worse compared to 12 months ago?

	Total better	Total worse		A lot better	A little better	No change	A little worse	A lot worse	Don’t know		Total better Oct 2014	Total worse Oct 2014
Company profits	34%	23%		10%	24%	26%	15%	8%	17%		31%	19%
Your personal financial situation	19%	41%		3%	16%	38%	25%	16%	2%		16%	44%
Wages	13%	36%		1%	12%	44%	24%	12%	8%		9%	36%
The economy overall	16%	55%		2%	14%	23%	36%	19%	7%		18%	50%
National debt	14%	53%		2%	12%	22%	27%	26%	12%		15%	51%
Job security	10%	53%		2%	8%	31%	30%	23%	7%		6%	61%
Un-employment	8%	61%		1%	7%	25%	37%	24%	7%		11%	60%
Electricity costs	12%	66%		2%	10%	18%	32%	34%	5%		7%	67%
Cost of living	6%	72%		1%	5%	19%	41%	31%	3%		6%	72%

A substantial majority believe that, in the last 12 months, cost of living (72%), electricity costs (66%) and unemployment (61%) have all got worse.

The only economic measure that has got better is company profits (34% better/23% worse).

Compared the last time this question was asked in October, the main shifts have been the economy overall (worse up from 50% to 55%) and job security (worse down from 61% to 53%).