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Business and Consumer Surveys

Latest update: ESI/BCI - 30 January 2012

Next update: Flash CCI - 21 February 2012

See also the full schedule for 2012


With effect from May 2011, a number of partner institutes in the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys have changed: - Denmark: Services, Retail trade. - Spain: Consumers, Services, Retail trade. - Portugal: Building.

Economic sentiment increases in both the EU and the euro area

In January, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose by 1.2 points in the EU and by 0.6 points in the euro area, to 92.8 and 93.4, respectively - the first pick-up in sentiment since March 2011. The improvement was mainly driven by increasing confidence in the services sector and - to a lesser extent - among consumers and in the construction sector.

The Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) conducts regular harmonised surveys for different sectors of the economies in the European Union (EU) and in the applicant countries. They are addressed to representatives of the industry (manufacturing), the services, retail trade and construction sectors, as well as to consumers. These surveys allow comparisons among different countries' business cycles and have become an indispensable tool for monitoring the evolution of the EU and the euro area economies, as well as monitoring developments in the applicant countries.

Press releases for Business and Consumer Surveys

2012	Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
January	23 January	30 January	30 January
2011	Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
December	21 December	06 January, 2012	06 January, 2012
November	22 November	29 November	29 November
October	20 October	27 October	27 October
September	22 September	29 September	29 September
August	23 August	30 August	30 August
July	20 July	28 July	28 July
June	22 June	29 June	29 June
May	20 May	27 May	27 May
April	19 April	29 April	29 April
March	23 March	30 March	30 March
February	17 February	24 February	24 February
January	20 January	27 January	27 January
2010	Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
December	20 December	6 January, 2011	6 January, 2011
November	22 November	29 November	29 November
October	21 October	28 October	28 October
September	22 September	29 September	29 September
August	23 August	30 August	30 August
July	22 July	29 July	29 July
June	22 June	29 June	29 June
May	20 May	31 May	31 May
April	22 April	29 April	29 April
March	22 March	29 March	29 March
February	18 February	25 February	25 February
January	21 January	28 January	28 January
2009	release date	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
December	January 7, 2010
November	November 27
October	October 29
September	September 29
August	August 28
July	July 30
June	June 29
May	May 28
April	April 29
March	March 30
February	February 26
January	January 29 (updated February 2)
2008	release date	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
December	January 8, 2009
November	November 27
October	October 30
September	September 29
August	August 29
July	July 30
June	June 27
May	May 29
April	April 30
March	March 31
February	February 29
January	January 31
2007	release date	ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator	BCI - Business Climate Indicator
December	January 7, 2008
November	November 30
October	October 31
September	September 28
August	August 31
July	July 31
June	June 29
May	May 31
April	April 30
March	March 30
February	February 28
January	January 31

Last update: 09/02/2012 | Top