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Consumer confidence survey

02.05.2024

Consumer confidence increases slightly in April 2024.

 

The Banque centrale du Luxembourg’s consumer confidence indicator has increased slightly in April 2024.

The components of the indicator have evolved in various ways this month. In April, households have downgraded both their intentions in terms of major purchases and their perceptions regarding their past financial situation. In the meantime, households’ expectations for their personal financial situation have stabilised whereas those for the general economic situation in Luxembourg have been noticeably revised upwards.   

In total, the consumer confidence indicator, which is the arithmetic mean of the four components[1], has increased slightly in April.

The results are presented in the table below:

 

 

 

 

Consumer confidence indicator

Expected general economic situation in Luxembourg

Perception of financial situation of households

Expected financial situation of households

Intended spending on major purchases

2022

April

-22

-33

-17

-18

-19

 

May

-22

-34

-16

-16

-20

 

June

-23

-40

-16

-18

-20

 

July

-24

-45

-15

-17

-18

 

August

-26

-41

-20

-17

-27

 

September

-30

-47

-17

-30

-25

 

October

-26

-40

-16

-25

-24

 

November

-24

-37

-14

-13

-30

 

December

-20

-27

-16

-16

-20

2023 

January

-16

-23

-14

-8

-20

 

February

-16

-18

-17

-5

-26

 

March

-13

-17

-13

-4

-19

 

April

-18

-22

-17

-6

-28

 

May

-16

-24

-13

-4

-23

 

June

-14

-17

-14

-4

-19

 

July

-18

-19

-18

-5

-30

 

August

-14

-23

-8

-2

-23

 

September

-17

-25

-11

-4

-27

 

October

-17

-18

-18

-7

-26

 

November

-15

-14

-10

-6

-32

 

December

-13

-10

-9

-4

-29

 2024

January

-12

-18

-7

-4

-20

 

February

-13

-20

-14

-5

-11

 

March

-10

-16

-5

2

-21

 

April

-9

-8

-6

2

-24

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.

 

 

[1] The four components of the consumer confidence indicator are seasonally adjusted.