Confidence in economy improving, finds poll

A RED C poll of 1,000 people has found that while we remain cautious about our finances, confidence in the economy is slowly improving.

More than 20% expect the economy to improve in the next six months, 1% to get much better and 21% to get slightly better. Only 17% expect it to get much worse and 35% to get slightly worse.

A year ago, 54% expected it to get much worse, 29% to get slightly worse and only 9% expected it to get much or slightly better.