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 Expected evolution of the financial situation of households over the next 12 months (Balance of extreme answers)
Characteristic Description
Name Expected evolution of the financial situation of households over the next 12 months (Balance of extreme answers); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - consumers survey
First available period September 1997
Last available period March 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  In extracommunity trade is the calender year during which the goods are imported or exported and is determined by the date of acceptance of the Single Administrative Document by Customs Authorities. In intracommunity trade is the calendar year during which the event that originates the intracommunity transaction occurred, i.e., for arrivals, at the time of receipt of the goods by the company and for dispatches, at the time the goods left the company.
Definition Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses (¿increased¿, ¿improved very much¿, ¿above average¿, ¿good¿, ¿yes, for sure¿, etc.) and negative evaluation responses (¿decreased¿, ¿worsened somewhat¿, ¿very unfavourable¿, ¿probably not¿, etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses (¿perhaps¿, ¿the same¿, etc.) and ¿doesn¿t know¿.
Formule

[(%resp. (++)*1.0 + %resp. (+)*0.5) - (%resp. (-)*0.5 + %resp (--)*1.0)]

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV ¿ Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 27/03/2024


information presented in 28/3/2024