Latest update: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator – 20 May 2025.
Next update: Press release business and consumer survey results (incl. ESI, EEI, EUI, sectoral CIs) – 27 May 2025.
See also the full schedule for 2025.
May 2025 : Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for the EU and the euro area
In May 2025, DG ECFIN’s flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator increased by 1.4 percentage points (pps.) in both the EU and the euro area, partly reverting the significant losses of the previous month. Despite the partial recovery, consumer confidence remains markedly below its long-term average, scoring at -14.5 points in the EU and -15.2 in the euro area.
April 2025 : Economic Sentiment down in the EU and the euro area; Employment Expectations fall in the EU, but remain stable in the euro area
In April 2025, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) declined by 1.4 points in both the EU (to 94.4) and the euro area (to 93.6). The Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI) declined further in the EU (-0.7 points to 96.9), while remaining unchanged in the euro area (at 96.5). Both indicators score below their respective long-term averages in both areas.
