The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 12.6 points from the previous month to 58.6 in June of 2020, the highest reading since May 2015. In June, 68.7 percent of the surveyed analysts predicted an improvement in economic activity, while 10.1 percent expected it to deteriorate and 21.2 percent expected no changes. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation edged up by 5.4 points to -89.6 and inflation expectations surged by 20.8 points to 2.1.

Zew Economic Sentiment Index in the Euro Area averaged 22.12 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. Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2020. source: Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

Zew Economic Sentiment Index in Euro Area is expected to be 48.00 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 4.00 in 2021 and 6.00 in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
58.60 46.00 89.90 -63.70 1999 - 2020 Monthly


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-03-17 10:00 AM Mar -49.5 10.4 -36
2020-04-21 09:00 AM Apr 25.2 -49.5 -62
2020-05-19 09:00 AM May 46 25.2 29
2020-06-16 09:00 AM Jun 58.6 46 48
2020-07-14 09:00 AM Jul 58.6 40
2020-08-11 09:00 AM Aug
2020-09-15 09:00 AM Sep 6
2020-10-13 09:00 AM Oct
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News Stream
Eurozone Investor Morale at 5-Year High
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 12.6 points from the previous month to 58.6 in June of 2020, the highest reading since May 2015. In June, 68.7 percent of the surveyed analysts predicted an improvement in economic activity, while 10.1 percent expected it to deteriorate and 21.2 percent expected no changes. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation edged up by 5.4 points to -89.6 and inflation expectations surged by 20.8 points to 2.1.
2020-06-16
Eurozone Investor Morale at Near 5-Year High
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 20.8 points from the previous month to 46 in May 2020, the highest reading since August 2015. In May, 63.5 percent of the surveyed analysts predicted an improvement in economic activity, while 17.5 percent expected it to deteriorate and 19 percent expected no changes. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation dropped by 1.1 points to -95 and inflation expectations stood at -18.7 points, signalling that the financial market experts expect inflation to decline further in the coming six months.
2020-05-19
Eurozone Investor Morale Improves in April
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area jumped by 74.7 points from the previous month to 25.2 in April of 2020, which was the lowest since December of 2011. In April, 53.8 percent of the surveyed analysts predicted an improvement in economic activity, while 28.6 percent predicted it to deteriorate and 17.6 percent expected no changes. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation fell by 45.4 points to -93.9 while inflation expectations rose by 23 points to -23.9.
2020-04-21
Eurozone Investor Morale Weakest since 2011
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area slumped by 59.9 points from the previous month to -49.5 in March 2020, the lowest since December 2011. In March, 67.9 percent of the surveyed analysts expected a deterioration in economic activity, 13.7 percent expected no changes while 18.4 percent predicted an improvement. In addition, the indicator of the current economic situation fell by 38.2 points to -48.5 while inflation expectations declined by 51.6 points to -46.9.
2020-03-17

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.