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 Nov
2015 |
Total worse Nov 2015 | |
| Company profits | 30% | 22% | 10% | 20% | 31% | 15% | 7% | 17% | 37% | 18% |
| Your personal financial situation | 18% | 42% | 3% | 15% | 37% | 29% | 13% | 3% | 20% | 43% |
| Wages | 14% | 35% | 2% | 12% | 41% | 24% | 11% | 9% | 16% | 38% |
| The economy overall | 12% | 55% | 3% | 9% | 26% | 35% | 20% | 6% | 15% | 53% |
| National debt | 9% | 56% | 3% | 6% | 25% | 30% | 26% | 10% | 11% | 51% |
| Job security | 11% | 53% | 3% | 8% | 29% | 31% | 22% | 7% | 10% | 56% |
| Unemployment | 13% | 53% | 2% | 11% | 26% | 31% | 22% | 8% | 10% | 59% |
| Electricity costs | 9% | 62% | 2% | 7% | 24% | 33% | 29% | 4% | 8% | 70% |
| Cost of living | 7% | 71% | 2% | 5% | 18% | 40% | 31% | 3% | 7% | 75% |
A substantial majority believe that, in the last 12 months, cost of living (71%), electricity costs (62%) and national debt (56%) and the economy overall (55%) have all got worse. The only economic measure that has got better is company profits (30% better/22% worse).
Compared the last time this question was asked in November, there has been a drop in the percentage that think electricity costs (down 8% to 62%) and unemployment (down 6% to 53%) have got worse. However, those thinking the national debt has got worse have increased 5 points to 56%.