"Figure 30: Contributions to consumer confidence indicator","" "Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GFK for the European Commission. 2. A negative balance means that, on average, respondents are less confident about the economy. A positive balance means they are more confident and a zero balance indicates no change." "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "","Financial situation over next 12 months","General economic situation over next 12 months","Unemployment expectations over next 12 months","Savings over next 12 months","Confidence Indicator" "Quarter 1 2008","1.4","-6.9","-7.4","3.5","-9.5" "Quarter 2 2008","-2.1","-10.8","-9.4","1.8","-20.4" "Quarter 3 2008","-2.7","-9.8","-12.9","2.0","-23.3" "Quarter 4 2008","-2.6","-10.1","-17.8","1.3","-29.2" "Quarter 1 2009","-1.9","-8.2","-16.3","-0.4","-26.9" "Quarter 2 2009","-0.4","-3.0","-13.9","-0.9","-18.1" "Quarter 3 2009","1.0","0.6","-11.4","-0.3","-10.1" "Quarter 4 2009","1.0","-0.2","-11.0","0.5","-9.7" "Quarter 1 2010","1.2","1.2","-9.0","1.5","-5.1" "Quarter 2 2010","0.1","-2.4","-10.1","1.5","-10.8" "Quarter 3 2010","-1.0","-4.4","-12.3","1.0","-16.8" "Quarter 4 2010","-1.6","-4.8","-11.9","0.3","-18.1" "Quarter 1 2011","-2.8","-7.3","-13.3","1.0","-22.4" "Quarter 2 2011","-2.1","-5.5","-10.1","0.7","-17.0" "Quarter 3 2011","-2.8","-7.5","-11.1","-0.4","-21.7" "Quarter 4 2011","-2.7","-9.5","-12.4","-1.1","-25.7" "Quarter 1 2012","-2.7","-7.5","-11.1","-0.9","-22.2" "Quarter 2 2012","-2.4","-8.4","-9.7","-0.8","-21.2" "Quarter 3 2012","-2.1","-7.6","-8.2","-1.4","-19.3" "Quarter 4 2012","-1.8","-6.6","-7.3","-1.4","-17.0" "Quarter 1 2013","-1.5","-6.5","-7.4","-2.7","-18.1" "Quarter 2 2013","-1.7","-4.6","-6.0","-3.2","-15.5" "Quarter 3 2013","0.2","0.0","-2.6","1.3","-1.0" "Quarter 4 2013","-0.4","0.6","-5.0","1.4","-3.3" "Quarter 1 2014","1.2","2.0","-2.2","2.3","3.3" "Quarter 2 2014","1.0","3.1","0.0","3.3","7.4" "Quarter 3 2014","0.4","0.9","-0.7","2.9","3.5" "Quarter 4 2014","0.7","0.7","-0.7","2.5","3.1" "Quarter 1 2015","1.5","1.8","-0.8","3.2","5.7" "Quarter 2 2015","1.4","0.2","-0.7","4.3","5.1" "Quarter 3 2015","1.4","-1.2","-4.2","4.4","0.4" "Quarter 4 2015","2.4","-0.4","-2.7","4.7","4.1" "Quarter 1 2016","1.9","-2.7","-3.4","5.2","1.0" "Quarter 2 2016","2.1","-3.9","-5.3","6.0","-1.2" "Quarter 3 2016","1.5","-3.3","-2.6","2.7","-1.7" "Quarter 4 2016","0.9","-4.8","-4.6","3.9","-4.6" "Quarter 1 2017","0.3","-5.1","-3.5","4.0","-4.3" "Quarter 2 2017","0.1","-6.1","-4.5","3.1","-7.5"