"Figure 8: Differences between future expectations and past perceptions of the economy, January 2000 to June 2018","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GFK for the European Commission. Further information can be found in Quality and methodology section. 2. A positive balance means that, on average, respondents reported a more positive future expectation of the economic indicators in the next 12 months than the perception of the last 12 months of the same indicator. A negative balance means they reported a less positive future expectation of the next 12 months than the perception of the last 12 months. " "Unit","Difference in aggregate balances" "","" "Date","Differences in past to future general economic situation perceptions","Differences in past to future financial situation perceptions","Sum of differences in future to past perceptions" "Jan-00","3.1","4.8","7.9" "Feb-00","3.8","6","9.8" "Mar-00","3.2","5.6","8.8" "Apr-00","3.4","7.4","10.8" "May-00","5.6","6.8","12.4" "Jun-00","5.4","9.3","14.7" "Jul-00","7.2","8.9","16.1" "Aug-00","9.5","8.4","17.9" "Sep-00","6.7","6.9","13.6" "Oct-00","10.6","8.8","19.4" "Nov-00","8.1","8.6","16.7" "Dec-00","7.1","6.5","13.6" "Jan-01","6.9","6.7","13.6" "Feb-01","6.3","6.6","12.9" "Mar-01","5.0","6.5","11.5" "Apr-01","6.0","8.2","14.2" "May-01","6.8","4.6","11.4" "Jun-01","1.7","5.2","6.9" "Jul-01","3.1","7.6","10.7" "Aug-01","-1.9","4.7","2.8" "Sep-01","0.6","4.6","5.2" "Oct-01","-12.3","4.8","-7.5" "Nov-01","-5.3","4.2","-1.1" "Dec-01","0.4","5.5","5.9" "Jan-02","4.8","8.1","12.9" "Feb-02","6.2","8.1","14.3" "Mar-02","7.2","7.7","14.9" "Apr-02","8.7","5.8","14.5" "May-02","5.0","5.6","10.6" "Jun-02","3.6","3.8","7.4" "Jul-02","6.4","6.8","13.2" "Aug-02","14.8","7.5","22.3" "Sep-02","11.3","9","20.3" "Oct-02","14.9","10","24.9" "Nov-02","12.4","8.4","20.8" "Dec-02","7.3","6","13.3" "Jan-03","3.9","7.2","11.1" "Feb-03","4.9","6.1","11.0" "Mar-03","4.2","6.7","10.9" "Apr-03","8.9","6.1","15.0" "May-03","17.2","13.2","30.4" "Jun-03","16.4","11.9","28.3" "Jul-03","13.5","10.6","24.1" "Aug-03","14.3","9.6","23.9" "Sep-03","13.5","11.6","25.1" "Oct-03","14.8","12.3","27.1" "Nov-03","9.7","10.4","20.1" "Dec-03","9.2","9.4","18.6" "Jan-04","13.2","11.5","24.7" "Feb-04","9.4","9.5","18.9" "Mar-04","8.8","11.4","20.2" "Apr-04","5.1","11.5","16.6" "May-04","1.2","9.4","10.6" "Jun-04","3.7","10.2","13.9" "Jul-04","3.5","10","13.5" "Aug-04","5.2","7.9","13.1" "Sep-04","7.1","9.7","16.8" "Oct-04","9.9","11.1","21.0" "Nov-04","12.2","10.8","23.0" "Dec-04","10.4","10.4","20.8" "Jan-05","6.5","9.9","16.4" "Feb-05","9.7","10.7","20.4" "Mar-05","10.3","11.9","22.2" "Apr-05","7.1","10.9","18.0" "May-05","3.6","9.9","13.5" "Jun-05","6.5","10.7","17.2" "Jul-05","6.6","11.6","18.2" "Aug-05","8.0","12.9","20.9" "Sep-05","9.7","9.4","19.1" "Oct-05","7.2","9.4","16.6" "Nov-05","10.2","11.8","22.0" "Dec-05","10.6","11.8","22.4" "Jan-06","9.7","10.6","20.3" "Feb-06","11.1","12.5","23.6" "Mar-06","11.2","10.9","22.1" "Apr-06","9.6","12.5","22.1" "May-06","10.6","9.2","19.8" "Jun-06","10.1","10.9","21.0" "Jul-06","12.2","10","22.2" "Aug-06","10.6","10.9","21.5" "Sep-06","9.7","8","17.7" "Oct-06","12.3","9.6","21.9" "Nov-06","9.8","8.2","18.0" "Dec-06","10.9","11.6","22.5" "Jan-07","11.5","11.2","22.7" "Feb-07","11.5","10.2","21.7" "Mar-07","12.4","9.7","22.1" "Apr-07","11.0","9.8","20.8" "May-07","8.6","9.2","17.8" "Jun-07","13.5","9.5","23.0" "Jul-07","13.0","11.4","24.4" "Aug-07","8.9","9.3","18.2" "Sep-07","9.2","8.7","17.9" "Oct-07","11.3","9.2","20.5" "Nov-07","10.0","9","19.0" "Dec-07","10.2","8.9","19.1" "Jan-08","10.8","5.3","16.1" "Feb-08","9.9","6.5","16.4" "Mar-08","11.0","7.6","18.6" "Apr-08","15.9","7","22.9" "May-08","20.2","7.6","27.8" "Jun-08","20.2","7.4","27.6" "Jul-08","17.9","1.8","19.7" "Aug-08","21.5","4.7","26.2" "Sep-08","21.2","8.7","29.9" "Oct-08","32.2","5","37.2" "Nov-08","34.2","7.4","41.6" "Dec-08","31.5","5.2","36.7" "Jan-09","33.4","4.8","38.2" "Feb-09","41.1","8.8","49.9" "Mar-09","43.9","10.3","54.2" "Apr-09","59.6","13.2","72.8" "May-09","61.5","16.8","78.3" "Jun-09","63.6","16.7","80.3" "Jul-09","65.1","17.8","82.9" "Aug-09","62.5","18.5","81.0" "Sep-09","68.8","18.7","87.5" "Oct-09","57.9","18.2","76.1" "Nov-09","63.7","19.9","83.6" "Dec-09","60.2","18.6","78.8" "Jan-10","60.8","20.6","81.4" "Feb-10","57.7","20.1","77.8" "Mar-10","52.2","18.8","71.0" "Apr-10","46.1","15.8","61.9" "May-10","36.8","11","47.8" "Jun-10","32.5","12.2","44.7" "Jul-10","26.0","8.8","34.8" "Aug-10","29.6","10.7","40.3" "Sep-10","27.3","9.9","37.2" "Oct-10","23.6","10.9","34.5" "Nov-10","21.5","6.7","28.2" "Dec-10","26.8","8.7","35.5" "Jan-11","22.9","7.1","30.0" "Feb-11","20.2","5.1","25.3" "Mar-11","22.6","6.6","29.2" "Apr-11","20.5","6.3","26.8" "May-11","23.7","11.9","35.6" "Jun-11","25.1","10.2","35.3" "Jul-11","27.7","12.8","40.5" "Aug-11","24.7","12.7","37.4" "Sep-11","28.3","13.3","41.6" "Oct-11","28.5","12.7","41.2" "Nov-11","26.2","13.3","39.5" "Dec-11","22.6","13.7","36.3" "Jan-12","26.4","14.8","41.2" "Feb-12","30.1","15.2","45.3" "Mar-12","29.7","14.4","44.1" "Apr-12","21.9","11.4","33.3" "May-12","29.9","13.4","43.3" "Jun-12","25.2","12.8","38.0" "Jul-12","30.5","15.4","45.9" "Aug-12","29.7","12.4","42.1" "Sep-12","26.3","13.4","39.7" "Oct-12","25.5","11.2","36.7" "Nov-12","28.8","14.3","43.1" "Dec-12","27.3","15.5","42.8" "Jan-13","29.1","17.8","46.9" "Feb-13","26.4","16.6","43.0" "Mar-13","27.4","14.4","41.8" "Apr-13","26.8","17.5","44.3" "May-13","24.9","14.4","39.3" "Jun-13","25.6","14.1","39.7" "Jul-13","26.9","16.5","43.4" "Aug-13","28.2","16.2","44.4" "Sep-13","27.0","16.8","43.8" "Oct-13","24.7","15","39.7" "Nov-13","24.9","14.4","39.3" "Dec-13","25.6","14.5","40.1" "Jan-14","23.5","14.5","38.0" "Feb-14","19.4","16","35.4" "Mar-14","20.1","15.7","35.8" "Apr-14","20.2","16","36.2" "May-14","16.1","15","31.1" "Jun-14","15.2","12.2","27.4" "Jul-14","15.1","12.8","27.9" "Aug-14","12.2","12.3","24.5" "Sep-14","7.1","9","16.1" "Oct-14","8.6","10.7","19.3" "Nov-14","5.4","10.2","15.6" "Dec-14","6.6","8","14.6" "Jan-15","4.7","7.1","11.8" "Feb-15","4.7","6.9","11.6" "Mar-15","3.8","7.6","11.4" "Apr-15","1.8","6.6","8.4" "May-15","-3.0","2.2","-0.8" "Jun-15","-1.7","1.8","0.1" "Jul-15","-1.5","1.9","0.4" "Aug-15","-1.0","3.4","2.4" "Sep-15","-0.3","4","3.7" "Oct-15","0.8","2.6","3.4" "Nov-15","-0.6","5","4.4" "Dec-15","0.4","6.1","6.5" "Jan-16","-0.9","4.9","4.0" "Feb-16","-2.6","1.5","-1.1" "Mar-16","-1.9","3.9","2.0" "Apr-16","-0.2","2.9","2.7" "May-16","0.1","2.3","2.4" "Jun-16","-0.6","3.1","2.5" "Jul-16","-6.9","0.9","-6.0" "Aug-16","0.8","4","4.8" "Sep-16","5.7","4.5","10.2" "Oct-16","2.4","4.2","6.6" "Nov-16","2.6","2.2","4.8" "Dec-16","4.0","3","7.0" "Jan-17","3.0","3.4","6.4" "Feb-17","2.4","1.4","3.8" "Mar-17","1.5","0.1","1.6" "Apr-17","2.1","0.9","3.0" "May-17","0.2","2.1","2.3" "Jun-17","3.0","2.8","5.8" "Jul-17","4.4","4.9","9.3" "Aug-17","2.4","2.5","4.9" "Sep-17","2.3","3.5","5.8" "Oct-17","3.4","4","7.4" "Nov-17","4.5","3.6","8.1" "Dec-17","4.5","4.7","9.2" "Jan-18","5.6","6","11.6" "Feb-18","4.5","4.8","9.3" "Mar-18","4.7","6.4","11.1" "Apr-18","4.7","5","9.7" "May-18","5.2","7.3","12.5" "Jun-18","3.6","7.5","11.1"