Biggest jump in economic optimism in 30 years of MORI (now Ipsos MORI) polling
1 September 2009
Sir Robert Worcester comments on Ipsos MORI's latest Economic Optimism Index

Conservatives lead Labour by 16 points in new Ipsos MORI poll
21 July 2009
Ipsos MORI's July Political Monitor, has been released. It shows the Conservatives on 40% (+2), Labour on 24% (+3) and the Liberal Democrats on 18% (-1).

Businesses show signs of economic recovery, but more banking support needed
16 July 2009
Businesses, especially within the manufacturing and financial/business services sector, are showing early signs of recovery, with 22% expecting conditions to improve in the next 12 months, compared to 9% in November 2008.

The State Of The Economy
19 April 2002
When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September, economic optimism in Britain fell sharply: the MORI Economic Optimism Index (EOI) in our late-September poll for The Times hit -56, its lowest level for more than twenty years. It is perhaps surprising that barely half a year later all discussion of this year's budget should be concerned with the popularity of its taxation measures and not with its macroeconomic effects.

The Economy And The Euro
4 January 2002
The September 11 attacks in the USA were followed by a dramatic slump in economic confidence in Britain. MORI's Economic Optimism Index (EOI) at the end of September hit -56, its lowest point since the early 1980s, exacerbating an already precarious situation. (The August figure, -31, was already the lowest since November 1998).