{"id":430797,"date":"2026-05-21T21:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/eurozone-may-flash-consumer-confidence-19-0-vs-20-8-expected\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:40:07","slug":"eurozone-may-flash-consumer-confidence-19-0-vs-20-8-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/eurozone-may-flash-consumer-confidence-19-0-vs-20-8-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurozone May flash consumer confidence -19.0 vs -20.8 expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior was -20.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consumer confidence remains well below its long-term average and below the level observed before the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2026, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) recorded a sharp drop in both the EU (-2.9 to 93.5) and the euro area (-3.2 to 93.0). Also the Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI) plummeted in both the EU (-4.0 points to 93.2) and the euro area (-4.6 to 91.7). Adding to the previous declines of February and March, both indicators have fallen markedly below their long-term averages of 100.<\/p>\n<p>For background, the Eurozone Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI) is the European Commission&#8217;s flagship monthly gauge of household sentiment across the 21 euro-area members and is one of the most closely watched real-time reads on the region&#8217;s economy. Compiled by the Commission&#8217;s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), the index is built from harmonized consumer surveys covering households&#8217; assessments of their financial situation, the broader economic outlook, and intentions to make major purchases over the next 12 months. The Commission publishes a flash estimate in the final week of each month, followed by a final reading at month-end as part of the wider Business and Consumer Survey package that also includes the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) and Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI). The CCI is expressed as a balance of positive and negative responses, so all readings tend to sit in negative territory; the long-run average is roughly -10.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior was -20.6 Consumer confidence remains well below its long-term average and below the level observed before the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East. In April 2026, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) recorded a sharp drop in both the EU (-2.9 to 93.5) and the euro area (-3.2 to 93.0). Also the Employment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}