The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area declined by 15.2 points from the previous month to 10.4 in February 2020, well below market expectations of 30. In February, 53.4 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 28.5 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions while 18.1 percent expected it to deteriorated. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went down by 0.4 points to -10.3 and inflation expectations slumped by 13.7 points to 4.7.

Zew Economic Sentiment Index in the Euro Area averaged 22.16 from 1999 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 89.90 in January of 2000 and a record low of -63.70 in July of 2008. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. source: Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

Zew Economic Sentiment Index in Euro Area is expected to be 15.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Zew Economic Sentiment Index in Euro Area to stand at -4.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index is projected to trend around -6.00 in 2021, according to our econometric models.


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Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
10.40 25.60 89.90 -63.70 1999 - 2020 Monthly


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-11-12 10:00 AM Nov -1 -23.5 -32.5 -30
2019-12-10 10:00 AM Dec 11.2 -1 -17.7 2
2020-01-21 10:00 AM Jan 25.6 11.2 5.5 6
2020-02-18 10:00 AM Feb 10.4 25.6 30 22
2020-03-17 10:00 AM Mar 10.4 15
2020-04-21 09:00 AM Apr
2020-05-19 09:00 AM May
2020-06-16 09:00 AM Jun -6
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News Stream
Eurozone Investor Morale Unexpectedly Falls
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area declined by 15.2 points from the previous month to 10.4 in February 2020, well below market expectations of 30. In February, 53.4 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 28.5 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions while 18.1 percent expected it to deteriorated. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went down by 0.4 points to -10.3 and inflation expectations slumped by 13.7 points to 4.7.
2020-02-18
Eurozone Investor Morale Strongest in Near 2 Years
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 14.4 points from the previous month to 25.6 in January 2020, better than market expectations of 5.5 and the highest since February 2018. In January, 57.8 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 33.9 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions while 8.3 percent expected it to deteriorated. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went up by 4.8 points to -9.9 and inflation expectations surged by 5.6 points to 18.4.
2020-01-21
Eurozone Investor Morale Improves to Near 2-Year High
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 12.2 points from the previous month to 11.2 in December 2019, better than market expectations of -32.5 and the highest since March 2018. In December, 58.4 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 26.4 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions while 15.2 percent expected it to deteriorated. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went up by 4.9 points to -14.7 and inflation expectations increased by 0.6 points to 12.8.
2019-12-10
Eurozone Investor Morale Jumps to 7-Month High
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 22.5 points from the previous month to -1 in November 2019, better than market expectations of -32.5 and the highest since April. In November, 55.6 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 22.7 percent expected it to deteriorated while 21.7 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went up by 6.8 points to -19.6 and inflation expectations jumped by 11.2 points to 12.2.
2019-11-12

Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index
In the Euro Area, the ZEW Economic Sentiment Index measures the level of optimism that analysts have about the expected economic developments over the next 6 months. The survey covers up to 350 financial and economic analysts. The index is constructed as the difference between the percentage share of analysts that are optimistic and the percentage of analysts that are pessimistic about the development of the economy. Therefore, the ZEW indicator measures the confidence on a scale of -100 (all analysts expect the economy to deteriorate) up to 100 (all analysts expect it to improve). A 0 value indicates neutrality.