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

Consumer confidence¹
	2022	2023	2024	Dec. 24	Jan. 25	Feb. 25	Mar. 25	Apr. 25	May 25

	Balance of opinions

Financial situation of households
over the past 12 months	−26	−32	−15	−12	−14	−11	−13	−12	−15
over the next 12 months	−29	−16	−3	−10	−12	−9	−11	−17	−12
General economic situation
over the past 12 months	−53	−61	−60	−73	−75	−68	−69	−77	−73
over the next 12 months	−47	−38	−33	−52	−42	−47	−41	−54	−42
Price trends
over the past 12 months	−96	−95	−89	−89	−90	−91	−94	−93	−93
over the next 12 months	−89	−77	−74	−80	−78	−80	−78	−84	−77
Unemployment likely to rise
over the next 12 months	−22	−35	−59	−75	−69	−68	−64	−69	−61
Now is the right moment to make major purchases	−24	−37	−28	−26	−27	−22	−24	−23	−22
Major purchases planned
for the next 12 months	−31	−38	−31	−32	−31	−26	−23	−32	−33
Saving
intentions to save money over the next 12 months	19	25	32	41	37	38	40	37	23
Current financial situation of households	46	43	47	54	49	49	52	52	46

Source: Ipsos Austria, European Commission.

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