Consumer confidence survey

Consumer confidence recovers in May 2023. 

The Banque centrale du Luxembourg’s consumer confidence indicator has recovered in May.

All the components of the indicator have evolved favourably this month. In May, households' intentions in terms of major purchases showed the strongest increase. Households' perception of their financial situation has also improved significantly. Households have also revised upwards their expectations for both the general economic situation in Luxembourg as well as their financial situation, but to a lesser extent.

In total, the consumer confidence indicator, which is the arithmetic mean of the four components[1] has recovered in May 2023.

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
2021	May	-1	11	-2	1	-12
	June	2	19	-1	1	-11
	July	-3	9	-4	1	-18
	August	-1	5	1	2	-12
	September	-2	8	-1	2	-16
	October	-4	8	-5	-3	-15
	November	-8	-5	-8	-8	-10
	December	-7	-9	-4	-3	-13
2022	January	-8	-6	-4	-4	-19
	February	-8	-3	-10	-7	-10
	March	-24	-45	-13	-18	-21
	April	-22	-34	-16	-19	-19
	May	-21	-32	-16	-16	-20
	June	-22	-35	-15	-18	-20
	July	-23	-42	-14	-17	-18
	August	-26	-42	-19	-17	-27
	September	-29	-46	-17	-30	-25
	October	-27	-41	-16	-25	-25
	November	-25	-40	-14	-13	-30
	December	-20	-30	-15	-16	-20
2023	January	-17	-23	-16	-7	-20
	February	-17	-18	-18	-5	-26
	March	-13	-18	-14	-3	-19
	April	-19	-23	-16	-6	-29
	May	-16	-22	-13	-5	-22

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.

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