DATA - Consumer confidence<sup>1</sup>

Consumer confidence¹
	2021	2022	2023	Dec. 23	Jan. 24	Feb. 24	Mar. 24	Apr. 24	May 24

	Balance of opinions

Financial situation of households
over the past 12 months	−7	−26	−32	−26	−20	−20	−14	−20	−16
over the next 12 months	5	−29	−16	−4	−7	−1	−3	1	−5
General economic situation
over the past 12 months	−60	−53	−61	−66	−67	−55	−58	−58	−53
over the next 12 months	4	−47	−38	−38	−37	−26	−33	−23	−31
Price trends
over the past 12 months	−84	−96	−95	−93	−92	−93	−91	−90	−90
over the next 12 months	−81	−89	−77	−81	−74	−72	−74	−73	−73
Unemployment likely to rise
over the next 12 months	3	−22	−35	−54	−52	−46	−52	−53	−56
Now is the right moment to make major purchases	3	−24	−37	−35	−32	−32	−29	−30	−29
Major purchases planned
for the next 12 months	−15	−31	−38	−36	−35	−39	−33	−28	−30
Saving
now is a good time to save	24	29	44	51	55	51	49	45	46
intentions to save money over the next 12 months	27	19	25	28	34	36	26	27	26
Current financial situation of households	53	46	43	47	48	44	46	44	46

Source: Ipsos Austria, European Commission.

¹ A minus sign indicates that there were more negative than positive responses.