DATA - Consumer confidence<sup>1</sup>

Consumer confidence¹
	2023	2024	2025	Sep. 25	Oct. 25	Nov. 25	Dec. 25	Jan. 26	Feb. 26

	Balance of opinions

Financial situation of households
over the past 12 months	−32	−15	−15	−19	−20	−20	−21	−20	−15
over the next 12 months	−16	−3	−10	−12	−11	−8	−11	−12	−5
General economic situation
over the past 12 months	−61	−60	−68	−67	−66	−69	−63	−62	−50
over the next 12 months	−38	−33	−40	−41	−37	−40	−33	−28	−20
Price trends
over the past 12 months	−95	−89	−93	−96	−91	−96	−95	−92	−90
over the next 12 months	−77	−74	−81	−82	−82	−84	−82	−75	−73
Unemployment likely to rise
over the next 12 months	−35	−59	−65	−65	−67	−72	−63	−55	−47
Now is the right moment to make major purchases	−37	−28	−24	−25	−29	−25	−20	−21	−20
Major purchases planned
for the next 12 months	−38	−31	−30	−30	−30	−31	−27	−38	−26
Saving
intentions to save money over the next 12 months	25	32	26	17	17	22	17	19	17
Current financial situation of households	43	47	46	44	40	47	41	43	47

Source: Ipsos Austria, European Commission.

¹ A minus sign indicates that there were more negative than positive responses.