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The Special topic examines the relationship between consumer confidence and a number of measurable economic variables, focusing on the negative confidence gap observed since 2023.
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The Special topic analyses the results of the European Commission’s monthly business surveys regarding managers’ selling price expectations in industry, retail trade and services.
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This special topic analyses the results of the specific questions on investment included in the October-November surveys for the manufacturing and services sectors.
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This Special Topic takes a close look at how inflation is affecting consumer sentiment and behaviour.
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This Special Topic presents a new labour hoarding indicator based on the Commission’s harmonised business surveys.
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The special topic analyses managers’ selling price expectations in industry, services and retail trade with a view to future trends in consumer price inflation.
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The Special topic analyses the results of the specific questions on investment included in the October-November surveys for the manufacturing and services sectors.
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The Special Topic takes a close look at labour shortages reported by managers in the Commission’s business surveys.
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The Special Topic takes a close look at the results from the consumer surveys until June 2022 to explore the impact of high and rising inflation on consumers’ assessment of the financial situation of their household and their consumption/saving intentions.
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The special topic focuses on consumer survey results in the candidate countries in the turbulent period from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to the..