- Statistical press release -

PRESS RELEASE

Luxembourg, 29 September 2020

Consumer confidence survey

Consumer confidence recovers in September 2020.

The Banque centrale du Luxembourg's consumer confidence indicator has recovered in September 2020.

The components of the indicator have evolved in various ways this month. In September, households' expectations regarding the general economic situation in Luxembourg have strongly improved whereas those regarding their personal financial situation have deteriorated. In the meantime, households' perceptions of their personal financial situation have slightly improved and their intentions in terms of major purchases have stabilised.

In total, the consumer confidence indicator, which is the arithmetic mean of the four components1, has recovered in September 2020.

The results are presented in the table below:

• The four components of the consumer confidence indicator are seasonally adjusted.

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		Consumer	Expected	Perception of	Expected	Intended
		general	financial
		financial	spending
		confidence	economic	situation of
		situation of	on major
		indicator	situation in	household
		households	purchases
			Luxembourg	s
2018	September	-2	4	6	2	-18
	October	-2	4	4	7	-23
	November	2	8	4	6	-12
	December	-1	8	2	3	-16
2019	January	1	6	3	6	-13
	February	-1	3	-1	5	-12
	March	1	2	1	7	-4
	April	0	4	1	2	-7
	May	1	3	6	5	-8
	June	-1	6	0	6	-14
	July	-1	4	-2	6	-12
	August	0	5	-1	6	-11
	September	-3	-3	-4	4	-10
	October	-5	-8	-2	2	-11
	November	-2	0	-2	6	-12
	December	-2	-6	-1	5	-7
2020	January	-4	-9	-2	1	-5
	February	-3	-5	4	0	-9
	March	-10	-24	-1	-1	-14
	April	-24	-55	-4	-16	-20
	May	-17	-39	-2	-7	-19
	June	-9	-24	-4	-3	-6
	July	-11	-24	-6	-3	-13
	August	-16	-33	-8	-3	-19
	September	-12	-15	-6	-6	-19

Note: The consumer confidence indicator results from the average of balances related to (1) consumers' expectations of the general economic situation in Luxembourg; (2) the perception of their financial situation over the past 12 months; (3) their expected financial situation over the next 12 months; and (4) their intended spending on major purchases (furniture, electrical devices…). Balances are constructed as the difference between the percentages of respondents giving positive and negative replies.

This survey is co-financed by the European Commission.

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