Business expectations have risen slightly despite continuing stagnation in the Scottish economy, a quarterly survey of firms has suggested.
And it makes dismal reading, providing a significantly gloomier assessment of what's happening to the economy than the previous survey published seven weeks ago.
Fully 68% back a government rescue plan for the economy, says a recent survey by Politbarometer, a pollster.
Since the 2009 survey the global economy has begun to recover from what has been called "the Great Recession".
The Federal Reserve's regular anecdotal survey of the economy, published on October 24th, showed continuing economic weakness, much of it predating the attacks.
The survey shows an economy where over 50% of the population is forced to borrow money, and 17% to sell assets, to buy basic food.
For example, the payroll survey finds the economy has lost 1.1 million jobs since George Bush took office, while the household sampling finds the economy has created a net 1.9 million new jobs.
According to the survey, the economy by far remains issue No. 1 with Americans, with 47 percent saying it is the most important issue facing the country today -- up 7 points from last month.
Additionally, nearly half of survey respondents said the economy is forcing them to simply spend less in general (43.7%).
The survey suggested that the economy performed better in March than some government data on hiring and consumer spending had indicated.
Survey respondents noted the economy was cooling off, with municipal government activity lagging, discretionary spending per costumer falling, and input costs rising.
Our survey of the world economy in this week's issue argues that many central banks have focused too narrowly on consumer-price inflation.
As many as 80 percent of Americans are stressed about their personal finances and the economy, according to the annual survey conducted by the American Psychological Association.
The Strathclyde University economists who carried out the survey said the Scottish economy could outperform the UK economy with GDP growth of 1.3% compared with an average of 1.1% growth in the country as a whole.
Also reflecting improved investor sentiment, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's most recent monthly survey of fund managers showed that just 3% of fund managers participating in the January survey expect the global economy to weaken over the next year, compared with 27% holding that view in December.
Cupid is alive and well in the American workplace, according to the survey, despite the down economy.
Accountancy firm BDO, which published the survey, said it suggests the economy will struggle to grow in the first quarter of this year.
This week, we will get a full slate of new data on the economy, starting with the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey on Monday.
Among survey respondents, 44% said the economy is worse than six months ago, up from 31% in December.
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The pace of growth in Scotland's private sector economy slowed further last month, according to a survey of business managers.
According to the survey, Americans are compensating for the economy by purchasing more store-brand or generic items (39.9%), comparison shopping more online (29.8%), and shopping for sales (50.0%).
Another strong reading from the flash index would support the strong data from the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, and will indicate that the economy is healthier than most think.
The survey gauges optimism in business performance and the economy over the next six months.
The latest ZEW survey of analysts' expectations for the German economy in six months' time suggests that it is heading towards a downturn.
March could yet help turn things around, but if next week's survey of the larger services part of the economy is also weak, there is a distinct possibility that national output will shrink again, in the first three months of this year.
The chart shows that this survey, along with two other measures of their economy, turned up sharply in late 2012.
The survey average was 17.3 percent saying the economy was getting better.
And the survey finds that, whatever their feelings about the economy, the voters are breaking about evenly, either between John McCain and Barack Obama or John McCain and Hillary Clinton.
Despite five years of intense regulatory effort and management action, banks and financial institutions are still the least trusted sectors in the whole global economy, according to the just-published Edelman Global Trust Survey of 2013.
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The rate of contraction in the eurozone economy eased slightly in November, according to a closely-watched survey.
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