European Union Industry Confidence

Business Confidence in European Union decreased to 2.10 Index Points in December from 3.50 Index Points in November of 2018. Business Confidence in European Union averaged -5.41 Index Points from 1985 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 9.20 Index Points in January of 2018 and a record low of -38.30 Index Points in March of 2009.

Business Confidence in European Union is expected to be 4.60 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Business Confidence in European Union to stand at 3.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the European Union Industry Confidence is projected to trend around 2.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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European Union Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Industrial Production Mom	-1.30	0.10	2.80	-3.80	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-1.90	1.80	9.80	-20.00	percent	[+]
Industrial Production	-2.20	1.30	9.40	-19.30	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-4.30	-3.70	21.60	-18.90	percent	[+]
Steel Production	14139.95	14750.30	19178.00	8457.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Business Confidence	2.10	3.50	9.20	-38.30	Index Points	[+]
Capacity Utilization	83.40	83.80	85.10	69.90	percent	[+]
Changes In Inventories	28005.60	22410.10	33301.70	-31653.50	EUR Million	[+]

In the European Union, the business confidence refers to the sentiment among manufacturers. This page provides the latest reported value for - European Union Economic Sentiment Indicator - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. European Union Industry Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	2.10	3.50	9.20	-38.30	1985 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	3.00	Nov/18	5	21 : -30	Index Points
Brazil	63.80	Dec/18	63.2	68.5 : 35	Index Points
Canada	59.70	Dec/18	57.2	75 : 36.1	Index Points
China	49.40	Dec/18	50	59.2 : 38.8	Index Points
Euro Area	0.82	Dec/18	1.04	1.62 : -3.28	Index Points
France	104.00	Dec/18	106	124 : 66	Index Points
Germany	101.00	Dec/18	102	110 : 80.2	Index Points
India	64.90	Jun/18	60.1	71.8 : 45.7	Index Points
Indonesia	108.05	Sep/18	113	122 : 95.12	Index Points
Italy	103.60	Dec/18	104	122 : 71.5	Index Points
Japan	19.00	Dec/18	19	53 : -58	Index Points
Mexico	49.20	Dec/18	49.9	58.1 : 33.7	Index Points
Netherlands	7.50	Dec/18	7.2	10.9 : -23.5	Index Points
Russia	-8.00	Dec/18	-6	7 : -20	Index Points
Saudi Arabia	3.00	Jun/16	-12	63 : -12	Index Points
Singapore	-1.00	Sep/18	7	54 : -57	Index Points
South Africa	31.00	Dec/18	34	91 : 10.2	Index Points
South Korea	71.00	Dec/18	73	119 : 35	Index Points
Spain	-2.70	Dec/18	0	7.8 : -38.5	Index Points
Switzerland	96.30	Dec/18	98.9	119 : 70.7	Index Points
Turkey	91.50	Dec/18	92.8	123 : 52.6	Index Points
United Kingdom	-16.00	Dec/18	-3	55 : -75	Index Points
United States	54.10	Dec/18	59.3	77.5 : 29.4	Index Points