India showed the highest jump in consumer confidence, a 13-point leap from 99 in the March 2009 survey, while Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia climbed 9 points each.

Taiwan and Brazil experienced 8-point increases in their consumer confidence levels, while it was climbed 7 points up in Singapore, Turkey, Russia, Philippines and the United Kingdom.

The United States and New Zealand were the only exceptions to this upswing, holding flat in the second quarter, and Germany was the only country to register a decline of one Index point.