Q. Over the next 12 months do you think your personal financial situation will get better, get worse or stay much the same?
| 29 Mar 10 | 28 Jun 10 | 18 Oct 10 | |
| Total better | 40% | 29% | 33% |
| Total worse | 23% | 31% | 29% |
| Get a lot better | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Get a little better | 32% | 24% | 27% |
| Get a little worse | 17% | 21% | 21% |
| Get a lot worse | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Stay much the same | 33% | 37% | 32% |
| No opinion | 4% | 4% | 5% |
33% think their own personal financial situation will get better over the next 12 months and 29% worse – 32% think they will stay much the same.
This is a little more optimistic than the June result – an increase from net -2% to +4%.
Among full-time workers 41% think their situation will get better and 27% worse while those who are not working are more pessimistic – 27% better/32% worse/36% much the same.