WINNIPEG, MANITOBA — (Marketwire) — 12/21/12 — Canadian consumer confidence remained stable in the latest quarter according to the Harris/Decima-Investors Group consumer confidence index. The index currently stands at 79.0, compared to 79.1 in August.
According to Senior Vice-President Doug Anderson, “Over the past few quarters, Canadian consumer confidence has been the model of consistency, but when you look at what Canadians felt at this time last year, you see that there have been some changes worth noting. Perhaps most importantly, pessimism is much lower today and has been in fairly steady decline over the past 12 months.”
“Canadian consumers appear to have a firm view of their economic environment,” said Jack Courtney, Vice-President, High Net Worth Planning, at Investors Group. “This steady viewpoint bodes well for Canadians- long term financial planning, saving and investing efforts.”
These data were gathered through teleVox, the company-s national telephone omnibus survey for two weeks from November 22 and December 3, 2012 just over 2,000 completes. A sample of the same size has a margin of error of 2.2%, 19 times out of 20.
Contacts:
Harris/Decima
Doug Anderson
Senior Vice-President
Investors Group
Ron Arnst
Director, Media Relations