2022 Edition 50 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Passenger car sales 18.1 -500 -400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 Jun-06 Jun-08 Jun-10 Jun-12 Jun-14 Jun-16 Jun-18 Jun-20 Jun-22 y-o-y rate/% Private consumption Thequantitative indicatorofprivateconsumption decelerated in March and May, more intensely in the latter month, after the acceleration registered in the preceding months, but remained at a high rate. In June 2022, year-on-year: • Sales of passenger cars decreased by 18.1% (-23.5% in May); Operations carried out on ATM (value) 16.6 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 Jun-06 Jun-08 Jun-10 Jun-12 Jun-14 Jun-16 Jun-18 Jun-20 Jun-22 y-o-y rate/% • The overall value of national withdrawals, payments for services, and purchases at automatic payment terminals (ATM) grew by 16.6% (16.8% in the previous month); • The Consumer Confidence indicator decreased, after the increases in April and May, and the sharp decrease registered in March, the second most intense of the series, was only surpassed by the sharp reduction observed in April 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. In the 2nd quarter of 2022, year-on-year: • Sales of passenger cars decreased by 19.3%, after having increased by 12.0% in the previous quarter; • The overall value of national withdrawals, payments for services, and purchases at ATMs rose by 19.6% (30.3% in the 1st quarter). Investment The Gross Fixed Capital Formation indicator accelerated in April and May, after slowing down in February and March, more significantly in the latter month. For this outcome recorded in May, the following contributed: • Construction made a positive contribution, after being negative in April (which had not happened since March 2020); • Transport equipment made a slightly negative contribution, after the positive and significant contribution of the previous month; • Machinery and equipment continued to make a positive contribution, but less than in April.
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