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Three quarters, or 76%, of Ukrainian poll respondents say the country is headed in the wrong direction . By contrast, only 13% of respondents said the country was moving in the right direction, according to the poll, by Rating Sociological Group, which was presented Tuesday to reporters at Interfax-Ukraine. The war in Ukraine’s southeast corner is the top problem for 78% of 2,500 voting age Ukrainians who were interviewed in mid-June. Economic complaints came next: corruption, inflation, rising utility bills, low salaries and lack of good jobs. Pessimism was less in Western and Central Ukraine.
Consumer confidence index continues to rise . The consumer confidence index of Ukrainians after a two-month positive trend in May this year improved by another 1.5 points, to 62.9 compared with the April indicator, while in annual terms it grew by 4.9 points, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
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