AUGUST 2022 43 Passenger car sales Operations carried out on ATM (value) Average consumption of electricity on working days 4.8 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 Jul-06 Jul-08 Jul-10 Jul-12 Jul-14 Jul-16 Jul-18 Jul-20 Jul-22 y-o-y rate/% 17.7 -500 -400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 Jul-06 Jul-08 Jul-10 Jul-12 Jul-14 Jul-16 Jul-18 Jul-20 Jul-22 y-o-y rate/% 19.9 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 Jul-06 Jul-08 Jul-10 Jul-12 Jul-14 Jul-16 Jul-18 Jul-20 Jul-22 y-o-y rate/% Private consumption The quantitative indicator of private consumption decelerated between March and June, following the acceleration registered in the two previous months. In July 2022, year-on-year: • Sales of passenger cars registered an increase of +17.7%, contrary to the decreases seen in the previous three months (rates of change of -16.1%, -23.5%, and -18.1% between April and June); • The overall value of national withdrawals, payments for services, and purchases at automatic payment terminals (APT) grew by 19.9% (+16.6% in the previous month); • The consumer confidence indicator increased, after having decreased in the previous month, remaining at a relatively stable level after the fall recorded in March, the second most intense of the series and only surpassed by that of April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic.
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