Euro Area Consumer Confidence

The consumer confidence indicator in the Euro Area was confirmed at -7.1 in August 2019, below -6.6 in the previous month, amid a deterioration in households’ expectations about the general economic situation, while their assessments of both their past and future financial situation improved somewhat, and their intentions to make major purchases remained unchanged. Consumer Confidence in the Euro Area averaged -10.02 Index Points from 1985 until 2019, reaching an all time high of -1.40 Index Points in May of 2000 and a record low of -23.90 Index Points in March of 2009.

Consumer Confidence in Euro Area is expected to be -9.40 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Consumer Confidence in Euro Area to stand at -7.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Consumer Confidence is projected to trend around -3.60 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-07-23	02:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Flash Jul	-6.6	-7.2	-7.2	-7.7
2019-07-30	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Final Jul	-6.6	-7.2	-6.6	-6.6
2019-08-22	02:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Flash Aug	-7.1	-6.6	-7	-7
2019-08-29	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Final Aug	-7.1	-6.6	-7.1	-7.1
2019-09-20	02:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Flash Sep		-7.1	-7	-7.8
2019-09-27	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Final Sep		-7.1
2019-10-23	02:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Flash Oct

Euro Area Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	-7.10	-6.60	-1.40	-23.90	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	-0.60	1.20	2.80	-2.00	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	2.20	2.80	6.00	-4.60	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	1429.75	1426.78	1429.75	1040.30	EUR Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	1798017.00	1787679.00	1798017.00	1068215.00	EUR Million	[+]
Personal Savings	12.60	12.13	14.27	11.35	percent	[+]
Private Sector Credit	13710938.60	13661865.30	13710938.60	4998832.00	EUR Million	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.96	1.95	6.52	1.95	percent	[+]
Consumer Credit	713710.69	705648.37	713710.69	359891.93	EUR Million	[+]
Economic Optimism Index	103.10	102.70	118.10	68.30		[+]
Households Debt To GDP	57.70	57.60	64.10	46.30	percent of GDP	[+]
Households Debt To Income	93.49	94.00	98.13	71.02	percent	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	-5.30	-9.20	-2.80	-65.40		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	-0.50	-4.10	4.20	-43.70		[+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations	-0.70	-0.90	4.90	-13.40		[+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations	-17.30	-18.10	-12.00	-28.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	20.70	20.60	54.80	-12.50	Index Points	[+]
Consumer Confidence Savings Expectations	-3.50	-5.20	1.30	-17.50		[+]
Consumer Confidence Unemployment Expectations	0.60	3.00	68.80	-1.70		[+]

In Euro Area, the Consumer Economic Sentiment Indicator measures the level of optimism that consumers have about the economy. The survey is made by phone and covers 23 000 households in the Euro Area. The number of households sample varies across the zone. The questions focus on current economic and financial situation, savings intention as well as on expected developments regarding: consumer price indexes, general economic situation and major purchases of durable goods. The Consumer ESI measures consumer confidence on a scale of -100 to 100, where -100 indicate extreme lack of confidence, 0 neutrality and 100 extreme confidence. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Consumer Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-7.10	-6.60	-1.40	-23.90	1985 - 2019	Index Points	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	41.90	Aug/19	44.2	60.97 : 28.44	Index Points
Australia	98.20	Sep/19	100	124 : 64.61	Index Points
Brazil	47.00	Jun/19	48.4	116 : 37.9	Index Points
Canada	53.00	Sep/19	55.6	57.05 : 46.8	Index Points
China	124.40	Jul/19	126	126 : 97	Index Points
Euro Area	-7.10	Aug/19	-6.6	-1.4 : -23.9	Index Points
France	102.00	Aug/19	102	130 : 79	Index Points
Germany	9.70	Sep/19	9.7	16.8 : -3.5	Index Points
India	95.70	Sep/19	97.3	117 : 88	Index Points
Indonesia	123.10	Aug/19	125	128 : 9.6	Index Points
Italy	111.90	Aug/19	113	121 : 82.4	Index Points
Japan	37.10	Aug/19	37.8	50.8 : 27.5	Index Points
Mexico	43.40	Aug/19	43.1	119 : 43.1	Index Points
Netherlands	0.00	Aug/19	2	36 : -41	Index Points
Russia	-15.00	Jun/19	-16	1 : -59	Index Points
Saudi Arabia	114.00	Jun/19	112	120 : 94	Index Points
South Africa	5.00	Jun/19	2	26 : -33	Index Points
South Korea	92.50	Aug/19	95.9	121 : 69.4	Index Points
Spain	86.00	Aug/19	97	109 : 37.6	Index Points
Switzerland	-8.00	Sep/19	-9.3	19.9 : -36.5	Index Points
Turkey	58.30	Aug/19	56.5	98.68 : 55.3	Index Points
United Kingdom	-14.00	Aug/19	-11	10 : -39	Index Points
United States	92.00	Sep/19	89.8	111 : 51.7	Index Points