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"Pandemic and Beyond: Naviga ng the New Normal"                                             E - Book Year 2020































           The researcher also tried to analyse, which of the expenditure are more likely to receive an
           impact. Few expenditures that have been reported either Decreased or Highly Decreased by
           majority  of  respondents  are,  Eating  Out/Ordering  In  (79%),  Online  Shopping  (74%),
           Expenditure  on  Movies/entertainment  (80%),  Expenditure  of  Fuel  consumption  90%),
           Expenditure on socializing 81%). Few avenues have also been reported by the respondents
           where expenditure is either Increased or Highly Increased like Groceries & supplies (53%),
           Online Learning (57%) & Content Delivery Services (54%) – (Figure 11- Figure






































           On being asked, how long do they expect the expenditure pattern to continue, Majority (39%) of
           the respondents reported that they expect the expenditure pattern to continue upto 3 months,
           whereas  27%  respondents  feel  that  the  expenditure  pattern  in  unlikely  to  continue  post
           lockdown. For ease of understanding, the researcher has categorized the timelines into Short
           Term (No impact – Impact upto 3 months), Medium Term (3-6 months) & Long term( More than
           6 moths) & found that, majority (71%) respondents believe that the expenditure pattern caused
           due to Covid 19 is unlikely to continue for more than 3 months. (Fig 19 & 20)








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