... European Commission website This site is managed by the Directorate-General for Communication. The Industrial, Services, Consumer, Retail Trade and Construction indexes are all released every month. EU and euro-area aggregates are calculated on the basis of the national results and seasonally adjusted. Its objective is to track GDP growth at Member states, EU and euro area levels. They are addressed to representatives of the industry (manufacturing), services, retail trade and construction sectors, as well as to consumers. Its objective is to track GDP growth at Member states, EU and euro area levels. Strategy; About the European Commission; Business, Economy, Euro; In the last ve decades the European Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) has positioned itself as a high-quality leading indicator of over-all economic activity. The European Economic Sentiment Indicator is a part of the business and consumer surveys conducted by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs for different sectors of the economies in the European Union and in the applicant countries. The European Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) breakdown. BCI - Business Climate Indicator - 28 September 2017. Regular harmonised surveys are conducted by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs for different sectors of the economies in the European Union (EU) and in the applicant countries.Regular harmonised surveys are conducted by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) for different sectors of the economiesThe Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission conducts regular harmonised surveys for different sectors of the economies in the European Union (EU) and in the applicant countries. The economic sentiment indicator (ESI) is a composite indicator produced by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) of the European Commission.
Relying on data from ve distinct business and consumer survey sectors (industry, retail trade, services, construction and the consumer sector), ESI is conceptualized as a weighted average Its objective is to track GDP growth at Member states, EU and euro area levels. Data are seasonally adjusted (SA). The sectors covered are industry (weight 40 %), services (30 %), consumers (20 %), retail (5 %) and construction (5 %). The economic sentiment indicator (ESI) is a composite indicator produced by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) of the European Commission. The European Indicator publishes the equivalent of all US leading indicator at once. The ESI is scaled to a long-term mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10.
ESI - Economic Sentiment Indicator - 28 September 2017.
English (830.4 KB - PDF) Download PDF - 830.4 KB. Balances are constructed as the difference between the percentages of respondents giving positive and negative replies. The ESI is a weighted average of the balances of replies to selected questions addressed to firms in five sectors covered by the EU Business and Consumer Surveys and to consumers. It is generally derived …
In June 2020, the recovery of the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), which had tentatively started in May, intensified. These surveys allow comparisons among different countries' business cycles and have become an indispensable tool for monitoring the evolution of the EU and the euro area economies, as well as monitoring developments in the applicant countries.This site is managed by the Directorate-General for Communication Industrial weights 40%, Services 30%, Consumer 20%, Retail Trade 5% and Construction 5%.