Consumer Confidence

The confidence index falls in June to 105.8 from 106.5. The downswing is mainly due to a pessimism particularly focused on personal confidence which falls from 121.5 to 120.1 and on current situation whose confidence decreases from 117.3 to 116.0.

The indicators on the economic climate and on short term expectations show a recover instead (from 77.8 to 78.5 and from 93.1 to 93.7 respectively).

Finally, inflation perceptions for the last 12 months remain table while the expectations for 12 months ahead further slow down.

According to the SDDS programme of the IMF, Istat disseminates an annual calendar of press releases both on Istat and SDDS website.