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 Consumers confidence indicator (Balance of extreme answers)
Characteristic Description
Name Consumers confidence indicator (Balance of extreme answers); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - consumers survey
First available period September 1997
Last available period March 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  In extracommunity trade is the calender year during which the goods are imported or exported and is determined by the date of acceptance of the Single Administrative Document by Customs Authorities. In intracommunity trade is the calendar year during which the event that originates the intracommunity transaction occurred, i.e., for arrivals, at the time of receipt of the goods by the company and for dispatches, at the time the goods left the company.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
Formule

Consumer Confidence Indicator is calculated according to the methodology of the EC - DG ECFIN, and corresponds to the arithmetic mean of the balances of the following questions:
- How has the financial situation of your household changed over the last 12 months? It has...1. + + got a lot better; 2. + got a little better; 3. = stayed the same; 4.- got a little worse; 5. - - got a lot worse; 6. N don't know.
- How do you expect the financial position of your household to change over the next 12 months? It will...1. + + get a lot better; 2. + get a little better; 3. = stay the same; 4. - get a little worse; 5. - - get a lot worse; 6. N don't know.
- How do you expect the general economic situation in this country to develop over the next 12 months? It will... 1. + + get a lot better; 2. + get a little better; 3. = stay the same; 4. - get a little worse; 5. - - get a lot worse; 6. N don't know.
- Compared to the past 12 months, do you expect to spend more or less money on major purchases (furniture, electrical/electronic devices, etc.) over the next 12 months? I will spend...1. + +much more; 2. + a little more; 3. - a little less; 4. - - much less; 5. N don't know

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV - Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 27/03/2024


information presented in 28/3/2024