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Flash Consumer Confidence Higher as 2023 Outlooks Improve

EUROZONE
MNI (London)

EUROZONE JAN CONSUMER CONF (FLSH) -20.9 (FCST -20); DEC -22.0

  • The eurozone January flash consumer confidence index ticked up to -20.9, up 1.1 points on December, remaining 0.9 points below expectations. This signals a fourth consecutive month of improvements after having collapsed to a record low of -28.7 in September 2022.
  • Further details will be released in the final print and economic sentiment indexes released next Monday. Government energy bill support is driving the bulk of improvements in consumers' outlooks, yet whether this filters into higher consumer spending remains uncertain.
  • This week's slew of sentiment data (Germany on Tues, Italy on Thurs and France on Fri) will add more colour to the eurozone outlook, whereby the propensity to buy subindices will carry higher significance.
  • Flash PMI data is also set to see minor upticks across the board, signalling only mild contractions to kick off 2023. The eurozone index remains severely depressed and as such improvements in consumer confidence translating into recovery in demand remains yet to materialise.


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