European Commission

Press release

Brussels, 23 January 2013

January 2013: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator

In January 2013, the DG ECFIN flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator improved markedly in both the EU (-21.9 after -23.9 in December 2012) and the euro area (-23.9 after -26.3 in December 2012).

Computation of Flash CCI

To compute the flash consumer confidence indicator for the EU and euro area, DG ECFIN uses the data available on the cut-off date. The estimation procedure combines historical data with information from those Member States for which data are available in the reference month. Experience has shown this procedure to be statistically reliable.

Further information on the computation procedure can be found in the European Business Cycle Indicators of January 2010.

Scheduled publication dates

Flash estimate

Final release EU, euro area and Member States

February 2013

20 February 2013

27 February 2013

March 2013

20 March 2013

27 March 2013

April 2013

22 April 2013

29 April 2013

The next Business and Consumer Survey is due to be published on 30 January 2013.

Full tables are available on:

http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/db_indicators/surveys/index_en.htm

Contacts :

Simon O'Connor(+32 2 296 73 59)

Audrey Augier(+32 2 297 16 07)

Vandna Kalia(+32 2 299 58 24)

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