Talking a good recovery
The politicians of the world seem to be having some success in talking up recovery from the world financial crisis. Britain is the latest country where pollsters are finding an improvement in consumer confidence. The Guardian t his morning reports voters are more upbeat about the state of the economy than at any time since the financial crisis began in August 2007. The Gfk NOP consumer confidence index carried out on behalf of the European commission rose three points this month to -27 points, and, says The Guardian , while still low by historic standards has posted a 10-point improvement since January. The big change over the past month was the public's view of the overall state of the economy, which rose from -31 to -15, but voters were also less gloomy about the state of their own personal finances, where the reading rose from -6 to -3. In Australia the Morgan consumer confidence findings are not dissimilar with the latest reading published last week 102.6 being 1.8 poin