Monthly Statistical Bulletin, August 2022

AUGUST 2022 45 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN * BER – Balance of extreme responses The consumer confidence indicator stabilises and the economic climate indicator decreases In August 2022: • The consumer confidence indicator stabilised, after having increased in the previous month, and has remained relatively stable since the sharp fall recorded in March; • The balance of consumers' opinions on past price developments remained at the highest level of the series, following the sharp upward trend that started in March 2021; • The economic climate indicator decreased, reversing the increase recorded in July, moving away from the level observed in February, where it reached the maximum since March 2019; 1,6% 0,0% 0,5% 1,0% 1,5% 2,0% 2,5% 3,0% ago-21 set-21 out-21 nov-21 dez-21 jan-22 fev-22 mar-22 abr-22 mai-22 jun-22 jul-22 ago-22 -31.1 -17.9 -47.9 -70.0 -60.0 -50.0 -40.0 -30.0 -20.0 -10.0 0.0 10.0 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Total Financial situa�on of the households over the last 12 months General economic situa�on in the country over the next 12 months -6.1 0.4 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Total Produc�on over the next 3 months Economic Climate Indicator Confidence indicators (BER*) (monthly seasonally adjusted basic series values) Consumers Confidence Indicator Manufacturing Industry Confidence Indicator

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