Consumer Confidence in the Eurozone Likely to Edge Up
December 19 2014 - 12:02PM
Dow Jones News
By Jon Sindreu
LONDON--Economic indicators due next week are expected to show
economic sentiment is slowly improving in the 18 countries that
share the euro.
Median forecasts by analysts polled by The Wall Street Journal
say consumer confidence for the eurozone overall will pick up
slightly in December. Indicators for household consumption in
France and the business climate in Belgium are expected to show
some modest improvement as well.
Also due is the final revision of France's third-quarter gross
domestic product, which is expected to confirm the country's
economy expanded by 0.3% during the third quarter--compared with a
0.1% contraction in the second.
Date GMT Indicator Period Forecast Previous
Dec 22 0800 GERMANY Import prices Nov -0.5%MM (7) -0.3%MM
Dec 22 0800 GERMANY Import prices Nov -1.9%YY (6) -1.2%YY
Dec 22 1600 EUROZONE Consumer confidence Dec -11.0 (15) -11.6
Dec 23 0845 FRANCE GDP final 3Q +0.3%QQ (10) +0.3%QQp/-0.1%QQ
Dec 23 0845 FRANCE Household consumption Nov +0.6%MM (6) -0.9%MM
Dec 23 1500 BELGIUM Business climate Dec -5.5 (4) -6.1
Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed. p = preliminary
Write to Jon Sindreu at jon.sindreu@wsj.com