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Latest update: Press release business and consumer survey results (incl. ESI, EEI, EUI, sectoral CIs) - 30 October 2024.
Next update: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator - 21 November 2024.
See also the full schedule for 2024.
October 2024: Economic Sentiment dips in the EU and the euro area, Employment Expectations remain broadly stable
In October 2024, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) dipped by 0.7 points in both the EU (to 96.0) and the euro area (to 95.6). The Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI) remained broadly stable (EU: +0.1 points to 100.0, euro area: -0.2 points to 99.2). While the EEI is at or close to its long-term average of 100, the ESI moved slightly further away from that reference value.
October 2024 : Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for the EU and the euro area
In October 2024, DG ECFIN’s flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator increased further, by 0.5 percentage points (pps.) in the EU and by 0.4 pps. in the euro area. Standing at -11.2 points in the EU, consumer confidence has reached its long-term average for the first time since February 2022. In the euro area, at -12.5, consumer confidence still falls slightly short of its long-term average.