Nearly half of Jamaican consumers plan to spend more this Christmas
Close to 50 percent of Jamaican consumers surveyed say they plan to spend more this Christmas than they did last year.
Additionally, more than half of the 600 persons surveyed are planning to use their personal savings to fund various activities for the season.
This, despite consumer confidence being low and expectations being high that the economy will get worse, over the next 12 months.
Executive Chairman of Market Research Services, Don Anderson made the disclosure while presenting the confidence indices for the third quarter of 2026.
He said 70 percent of those surveyed say they intend to…
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