BRATISLAVA, February 28, (WEBNOVINY) — Slovaks perceive the economic situation in the country markedly negatively, according to the Eurobarometer survey of the European Commission conducted in the fall of last year. The survey shows that as much as 82 percent of people here find the economic situation of Slovakia rather bad or very bad. Only 17 percent of respondents find the Slovak economy to be in a good shape or in a rather good shape. Slovaks see the unemployment in even darker colors when only ten percent of respondents find the situation on the labor market good while remaining 90 percent marked it bad or very bad.
Expectations for the upcoming ten months do not differ much from the European average and are mostly neutral or rather slightly more pessimistic. “Compared with the situation a year ago, pessimism significantly abated in the fall of 2010 and the outlook on the future was slightly more optimistic,” it is stated in the survey.
As for expectations regarding the economic situation in Slovakia, most citizens, namely 41 percent, do not expect any change, 34 percent expect deterioration and only 23 percent of respondents believe the situation would improve. Compared with a survey carried out in the fall of 2009, the number of Slovaks expecting worsened situation shrank 6 percentage points and the number of people expecting no change or expecting improvement in the situation in Slovakia slightly rose.
As for expectations regarding financial situation of Slovaks, majority, namely 59 percent of respondents, lean to opinion that no change would take place and expectations about improvement or deterioration in the situation are equipollent. Twenty percent of respondents expect worsening while 19 percent expect improvement in the economic situation.
Expectations regarding possibilities to get job in Slovakia are more pessimistic. As much as 41 percent of Slovaks do not expect any change here but as much as 36 percent of Slovaks foresee further deterioration of the situation while only 22 percent of addressed respondents expect improvement.
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