The industry confidence indicator in the Euro Area increased by a third consecutive month to -3.3 in February 2021, rising above pre-pandemic levels and easily beating market expectations of -5.0. While managers’ production expectations saw the steepest rise, also their assessments of the current level of overall order books and the adequacy of the stocks of finished products improved. Of the questions not entering the confidence indicator, both managers’ views of export order books and their appraisals of past production improved. source: European Commission
Industrial Sentiment in the Euro Area averaged -5.33 from 1985 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 10.30 in January of 2018 and a record low of -37.60 in March of 2009. This page provides - Euro Area Industrial Sentiment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Euro Area Industrial Sentiment - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2021.
Industrial Sentiment in Euro Area is expected to be -0.60 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Industrial Sentiment in Euro Area to stand at 2.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Industrial Sentiment is projected to trend around 3.60 in 2022 and 5.00 in 2023, according to our econometric models.