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Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index

Last Release
Aug 31, 2025
Actual
25.1
Units In
N/A
Previous
36.1
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Sep 16, 2025
Time to Release
1 Months 2 Days 9 Hours
Highest
Lowest
Average
Date Range
Source
89.9
Jan 2000
-63.7
Jul 2008
21.651999-2025Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
In the Euro Area, the ZEW Economic Sentiment Index measures the level of optimism that analysts have about the expected economic developments over the next 6 months. The survey covers up to 350 financial and economic analysts. The index is constructed as the difference between the percentage share of analysts that are optimistic and the percentage of analysts that are pessimistic about the development of the economy. Therefore, the ZEW indicator measures the confidence on a scale of -100 (all analysts expect the economy to deteriorate) up to 100 (all analysts expect it to improve). A 0 value indicates neutrality.

Latest Updates

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area fell by 11 points from the prior month to 25.1 in August 2025, below market estimates of 28.1. In August, about 55.9% of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity, 34.6% predicted improvement and 9.5% anticipated a deterioration. In the meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation decreased by 7 points to -31.2 and inflation expectations went down by 0.9 points to -6.7.

Euro Area Zew Economic Sentiment Index History

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