India consumers are the world's most confident

Mumbai

AS China champions a transformation in its economy towards domestic demand, it could do with the type of sentiment burst that its biggest neighbour is now enjoying.

Consumers in India - now the fastest-growing big economy - are the world's most confident, according to Nielsen. Surging personal wealth is pushing an unprecedented number of Indians to tour the globe, and companies are offering ever more exclusive attractions such as homes sold "by invitation only".