Germany ZEW Survey: Summary Of Analyst Econ. Sentiment

Release for: March 2018

Survey among 220 analysts between March 5 and March 19, 2018

Source: Center for European Economic Research. ZEW

*Change In Level From Previous Month

              Euro-zone         Germany           France            Italy

                  Level         Balance          Balance          Balance

                Balance   Chg*    Level   Chg*     Level   Chg*     Level   Chg*

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Current

economy (1         56.2   -1.5     90.7   -1.6      29.0   -3.0     -18.7  -10.5

Economic

expectations

(1                 13.4  -15.9      5.1  -12.7      23.3  -15.7      -5.4  -20.7

CPI(2              54.1   -8.0     58.4   -7.6      53.4   -8.8      46.0  -11.3

Short-term

interest

rates(2            14.7    0.1     #N/A   #N/A      #N/A   #N/A      #N/A   #N/A

Long-term

interest

rates(2            #N/A   #N/A     66.5    7.9      #N/A   #N/A      #N/A   #N/A

Stock market

prices(2           43.9   -9.6     44.3   -7.7      39.7   -3.5      14.7  -14.5

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                         UK             USA           Japan

                    Balance         Balance           Level

Long-term             Level   Chg*    Level   Chg*  Balance  Chg*

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Current economy (1     -0.9    2.5     77.1   -9.3     28.8  -5.9

Economic

expectations (1       -47.6   -2.3     11.7  -19.0      5.4  -9.9

CPI (2                 42.4   -4.0     72.4   -8.3     29.0  -5.6

Short-term

interest rates (2      49.6    4.1     88.7   -0.9      6.0  -2.8

Long-term

interest rates (2      62.8    7.7     78.1    0.3     25.3  -2.5

Stock market

prices (2              -2.8  -10.9     32.5  -11.3     37.5  -6.8

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                 US Dollar    Yen     Sterling     Swiss Franc  

Exchange rates

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vs euro (3      22.4  -6.3  4.7  -1.3  -35.9  2.6  0.1  -0.9

*(1 Balance between those who expect an improvement and those 

who expect a deterioration.

(2 Balance between those who expect an increase and those who 

expect a decline.

(3 A negative balance indicates an expected depreciation of the 

currency vs the euro. A positive an appreciation.

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