Business and Consumer Confidence: Economic Indicators page - Commons Library Standard Note

Published 01 March 2013 | Standard notes SN02817

Authors: Daniel Harari

Topic: Consumers, Economic situation, Manufacturing industries

• The European Commission survey of economic sentiment showed that the overall UK sentiment index fell by 0.5 points to 97.1. The eurozone index rose by 1.6 points to 91.1.

• According to GfK, overall consumer confidence was -26 in February, unchanged from January. There was a slight improvement in consumers reporting improved personal finances over the past year.

• The CBI Industrial Trends survey showed that in February 2013, more manufacturers thought that output would rise over the next three months than thought it would fall – the difference was +5% of firms. This is a decrease from a balance of +8% in January.

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