Economic sentiment down further in both the EU and the euro area

This decline resulted from a broad-based deterioration in sentiment across the sectors, with
losses in confidence being particularly marked in services, retail trade and among consumers. Only the construction sector in the euro area recorded an improvement.
Among the largest Member States*, Germany (-5.7 points) and the UK (-5.6) reported the strongest decreases in sentiment, followed by Poland (-3.6), the Netherlands (-3.0) and, to a lesser extent, Italy (-0.7), while the ESI remained broadly unchanged in Spain (-0.3). The ESI remains above its long-term average only in Germany.

• The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI)(267 kB)  

• The Business Climate Indicator (BCI)(28 kB)