report in Daily FT, Mar 18, 2023Consumers remain very pessimistic, with a small recovery in current buying conditions as per the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) February 2023 update of its Consumer Confidence Indices. Generated from its Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS), it revealed that consumer confidence, which was already deeply pessimistic, continued to worsen in February, with the Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) declining 3 points to reach 12. The ICS is the…