Latest update: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator – 20 December 2022.
Next update: Press release business and consumer survey results (incl. ESI, EEI, EUI, sectoral CIs) – 06 January 2023.
See also the full schedule for 2022 and 2023.
December 2022: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for EU and euro area
In December 2022, DG ECFIN’s flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator continued its recovery, improving by 1.4 percentage points (pps.) in the EU and 1.7 pps. in the euro area (EA). At -24.4 (EU) and ‑22.2 (EA) pps., consumer confidence remains well below its long-term average, but is now slightly above the trough reached at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 2022: Economic Sentiment and Employment Expectations halting their decline in the EU and the euro area
In November 2022, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increased for the first time since February in both the EU (+1.0 point to 92.2) and the euro area (+1.0 point to 93.7). The Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI) also increased (+1.4 points to 106.3 in the EU and +2.0 points to 107.4 in the euro area).
