MORE Filipinos are optimistic that the quality of their lives and the economy will improve in the next 12 months, the latest survey of the Social Weather Station (SWS) showed. The survey among 1,200 respondents from June 23 to 26 revealed that 44 percent (optimistic) of Filipinos expect the quality of their lives to get better in the next 12 months while only 4 percent (pessimistic) said it would be worse. SWS noted that net personal optimism had been “excellent” for five consecutive quarters before the March 2017 survey. The same survey also showed that 39 percent of the respondents said they were optimistic that the economy would get better in the next 12 months, while only 12 percent disagreed. When asked how their lives have changed in the past 12 months, 37 percent of the respondents said it has improved (gainers), while 19 percent of them said it has worsened (losers).

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2017 05:26 UTC