Salary, Jobs And Expenses Top Concerns In Asia-Pacific: Visa

Residents of the Asia-Pacific region cite changes in salaries, job security and cost-of-living expenses as their top financial concerns entering 2010, the results of a recent Visa Inc. survey suggest. Of the 5,520 survey respondents across 10 nations, 48% cited changes in the cost of living as their top concern, while 44% cited increasing their savings and the same percentage cited job security as potential troubles in 2010. Within the region, however, differences emerge. In China, respondents cited payment card fraud, increasing savings and job security as their top three concerns. Hong Kong residents said they expect changes in their salaries, job security and cost-of-living expenses to cause them worry in 2010. In Taiwan, the value of consumer retirement funds, changes in salaries and job security ranked as the top three concerns for next year. Among respondents in Japan, the top concerns were increasing savings, changes in salaries and cost-of-living expenses. Visa did not provide individual nation results. The survey, conducted in August and September, also canvassed  consumers in Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and New Zealand.