Economic sentiment indicator methods, notes and classification

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) is a composite indicator made up of five sectoral confidence indicators with different weights: Industrial confidence indicator, Services confidence indicator, Consumer confidence indicator, Construction confidence indicator Retail trade confidence indicator.Confidence indicators are arithmetic means of seasonally adjusted balances of answers to a selection of questions closely related to the reference variable they are supposed to track (e.g. industrial production for the industrial confidence indicator). Surveys are defined within the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys.The economic sentiment indicator (ESI) is calculated as an index with mean value of 100 and standard deviation of 10 over a fixed standardised sample period. Data are compiled according to the Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community, (NACE Rev.2). Source: DG ECFIN

• • Indicator
    • 0 Economic sentiment indicator
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 0 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 1 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 2 Belgium
    • 3 Bulgaria
    • 4 Czechia
    • 5 Denmark
    • 6 Germany
    • 7 Estonia
    • 8 Ireland
    • 9 Greece
    • a Spain
    • b France
    • c Croatia
    • d Italy
    • e Cyprus
    • f Latvia
    • g Lithuania
    • h Luxembourg
    • i Hungary
    • j Malta
    • k Netherlands
    • l Austria
    • m Poland
    • n Portugal
    • o Romania
    • p Slovenia
    • q Slovakia
    • r Finland
    • s Sweden
    • t Montenegro
    • u North Macedonia
    • v Albania
    • w Serbia
    • x Türkiye