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ZEW Survey
- Balance of Payments
- Capital and Financial Account
- Consumer Confidence Indicator
- Current Account
- Economic Sentiment Indicator
- Gross Domestic Product
- Harmonized Index of Consumer Price
- IFO Business Climate
- Industrial Confidence Indicator
- Labor Cost Index
- Money Supply Growth
- PMI Manufacturing
- PMI Services
- Purchasing Managers Index
- Refinancing Tender Rate
- Retail Trade Confidence Indicator
- Unemployment Rate
- ZEW Survey
ZEW Survey
A German firm, the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), queries financial experts throughout Europe every month in order to make a medium-term forecast about Eurozone's economic situation. The results are calculation of the difference between positive and negative reviews.
There are two types of the indicator:
- ZEW Economic Expectations Index — this indicator is made up of assessments of expected events— the direction of inflation, interest rates and exchange rates over the next six months.
- Zew Current Situation — in contrast to the previous indicator, it assesses the current economic situation. Experts are invited to select one of the variants: "better", "worse" or "unchanged." The final figure is the difference between positive and negative rates.
High figures indicate a positive economic environment and good business climate in the Eurozone.
- Release Frequency: monthly.
- Release Schedule: 09:00 GMT, the first half of the month.
- Source: Center for European Economic Research.