Monthly Statistical Bulletin, September 2022

SEPTEMBER 2022 41 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Economic Climate Indicator Confidence indicators (BER*) (monthly seasonally adjusted basic series values) Consumers Confidence Indicator Manufacturing Industry Confidence Indicator Indicators of consumer confidence and economic climate decrease In September 2022: • The consumer confidence indicator decreased, reaching the lowest value since the onset of the pandemic in April 2020 and below the level observed in March 2022, when the second most intense drop in the series took place; • The balance of consumer opinions on past price developments increased slightly, renewing the maximum value of the series that had been recorded in the previous two months, following the marked upward trajectory started in March 2021; • The economic climate indicator decreased, as it had already happened in the previous month, moving away from the level observed in February, where it reached the maximum since March 2019; 1.3% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-22 -35.8 -25.0 -51.9 -70.0 -60.0 -50.0 -40.0 -30.0 -20.0 -10.0 0.0 10.0 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-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 -5.6 -1.1 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-22 Total Produc�on over the next 3 months * BER – Balance of extreme responses

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