As already mentioned, the current economic situation in Germany has improved significantly. Growing by 4.7 points, the index now stands at 63.5 points.
Financial market experts’ sentiment concerning the economic development of the eurozone has marginally improved, with the respective indicator increasing by 2.3 points to a reading of 18.1 points. The indicator for the current economic situation in the eurozone climbed one point to a level of minus 8.3 points in December 2016.
For further information please contact
Dr. Michael Schröder, Phone +49 (0)621/1235-368, E-mail schroeder@zew.de
Lea Steinrücke, Phone +49 (0)621/1235-311, E-mail steinruecke@zew.de
More information and studies on the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment and the release dates 2016 (as PDF file, 28 KB) and the historical time series (as Excel file, 81 KB).
Date
13.12.2016