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Most Greeks pessimistic about national economy in 2016: poll

Xinhua, December 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

A poll has shown that most Greek citizens were pessimistic and anxious about their country's economic situation in the 2016 as the new year is arriving in a few days.

According to an opinion survey published on the Greek newspaper Real News recently, up to 81.4 percent of the respondents said they were pessimistic about the country's course in the next year.

In addition, 63 percent of the participants of the survey, which was conducted by polling firm MRB, expected the Greek economic situation to get worse, while 51 percent of them predicted a year of decline for their own households.

As to the Greek debt crisis that has blighted the country and the eurozone for several years, 42.8 percent and 32.4 percent of those surveyed expressed anxiety and anger respectively, said the poll.

In contrast, only about 30 percent of the respondents showed positive sentiments, like hope, confidence, pride and certainty, in the survey. Endi