Poll: Almost two-thirds of citizens believe that the state is not ready to deal with inflation
Over 60 percent of citizens believe that the state is not ready to deal with the economic crisis and inflation, according to the survey of public opinion conducted by the Institute for Political Research Skopje (IPIS) for the program Detector on a representative sample of 1.119 respondents through a telephone survey conducted in the period from December 23 to 26.
According to the survey, 60,7 percent of those surveyed believe that the country is not ready to deal with the economic crisis and inflation, while 32,4 percent see readiness. As many as 62,7 percent of the citizens are of the opinion that the previous measures introduced by the Government to deal with the consequences of the economic crisis and inflation do not produce results, while 28,5 percent of those surveyed see their effect. The most dissatisfied with the measures are in the Pelagonia region, where 69 percent of the citizens are of the opinion that they do not produce results.
The majority of citizens - 56,8 percent expect the cost of living to increase this year, while about a quarter of the respondents are of the opinion that they will be approximately the same as the current ones. Only 9,5 percent expect a decrease in inflation.
The majority of citizens expect the economic crisis to last for several years. This attitude is shared by 31,8 percent of those surveyed. 23,8 percent of those surveyed expect the end of the crisis at the end of this year, while 17,7 percent believe that the economic crisis will end in two years.
Most of the citizens believe that the government had the greatest influence and responsibility for the current economic crisis. On a scale from 1 to 5, 44 percent of citizens gave the Government a "five" for the degree of responsibility for the crisis, 33,2 percent rated the war in Ukraine with the highest degree of responsibility for the crisis, and 29 percent other external factors.