"Figure 7: Consumer perceptions of general economic situation and their own financial situation over last 12 months, January 2006 to December 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GfK for the European Commission. Further information can be found in background note 5. 2. A negative balance means that, on average, respondents reported the general economic situation. A positive balance means they reported it improved and a zero balance indicators no change." "Unit","Aggregate balance" "","" "","Financial situation over last 12 months","General economic situation over last 12 months" "Jan-06","-1.7","-24.3" "Feb-06","-0.9","-24.1" "Mar-06","-3.4","-28.1" "Apr-06","0.4","-28.0" "May-06","1.3","-30.7" "Jun-06","1.4","-30.1" "Jul-06","0.1","-28.0" "Aug-06","-0.5","-30.7" "Sep-06","1.6","-28.4" "Oct-06","2.7","-25.2" "Nov-06","2.5","-27.0" "Dec-06","-0.3","-27.1" "Jan-07","-2.7","-31.1" "Feb-07","-0.2","-31.8" "Mar-07","0.6","-31.2" "Apr-07","-0.4","-29.8" "May-07","2.1","-21.7" "Jun-07","1.7","-25.9" "Jul-07","-0.1","-26.9" "Aug-07","1.5","-21.5" "Sep-07","3.0","-24.1" "Oct-07","3.3","-26.6" "Nov-07","0.4","-27.8" "Dec-07","0.5","-31.7" "Jan-08","1.7","-33.8" "Feb-08","-0.5","-36.0" "Mar-08","-2.1","-38.7" "Apr-08","-7.2","-50.1" "May-08","-10.5","-57.6" "Jun-08","-15.7","-63.2" "Jul-08","-17.8","-68.0" "Aug-08","-16.1","-65.6" "Sep-08","-19.3","-60.2" "Oct-08","-17.1","-70.9" "Nov-08","-17.6","-70.0" "Dec-08","-15.5","-71.8" "Jan-09","-19.3","-80.3" "Feb-09","-19.4","-82.0" "Mar-09","-18.0","-76.7" "Apr-09","-19.5","-79.0" "May-09","-20.1","-82.3" "Jun-09","-18.3","-75.5" "Jul-09","-17.8","-74.8" "Aug-09","-19.4","-70.9" "Sep-09","-14.7","-66.5" "Oct-09","-12.9","-57.1" "Nov-09","-14.7","-60.8" "Dec-09","-14.7","-60.9" "Jan-10","-14.6","-56.4" "Feb-10","-13.6","-49.1" "Mar-10","-13.9","-47.5" "Apr-10","-12.7","-44.4" "May-10","-11.8","-43.0" "Jun-10","-11.8","-41.9" "Jul-10","-10.2","-44.3" "Aug-10","-11.1","-39.9" "Sep-10","-13.8","-45.0" "Oct-10","-13.1","-43.5" "Nov-10","-12.8","-43.4" "Dec-10","-15.2","-46.1" "Jan-11","-17.3","-48.8" "Feb-11","-15.9","-50.2" "Mar-11","-17.6","-51.8" "Apr-11","-20.8","-53.8" "May-11","-17.2","-43.2" "Jun-11","-18.7","-47.1" "Jul-11","-21.7","-52.2" "Aug-11","-22.8","-54.6" "Sep-11","-24.4","-58.3" "Oct-11","-24.6","-62.9" "Nov-11","-24.4","-61.1" "Dec-11","-24.4","-60.7" "Jan-12","-22.9","-56.4" "Feb-12","-23.1","-58.7" "Mar-12","-25.2","-59.6" "Apr-12","-23.2","-56.9" "May-12","-23.7","-60.4" "Jun-12","-22.3","-58.7" "Jul-12","-21.1","-58.1" "Aug-12","-20.9","-56.4" "Sep-12","-21.9","-56.5" "Oct-12","-24.4","-56.2" "Nov-12","-22.0","-46.7" "Dec-12","-22.6","-53.6" "Jan-13","-23.9","-50.1" "Feb-13","-24.9","-49.8" "Mar-13","-20.5","-53.4" "Apr-13","-22.8","-52.2" "May-13","-20.7","-47.2" "Jun-13","-21.0","-44.0" "Jul-13","-15.4","-34.5" "Aug-13","-16.1","-30.7" "Sep-13","-15.9","-26.9" "Oct-13","-16.4","-26.2" "Nov-13","-17.3","-27.6" "Dec-13","-16.1","-23.1" "Jan-14","-11.3","-17.6" "Feb-14","-12.6","-14.5" "Mar-14","-10.9","-12.0" "Apr-14","-9.2","-9.0" "May-14","-10.0","-6.5" "Jun-14","-8.3","-3.0" "Jul-14","-9.8","-4.4" "Aug-14","-7.4","-1.6" "Sep-14","-7.6","-3.4" "Oct-14","-6.1","-4.7" "Nov-14","-6.9","-5.0" "Dec-14","-5.2","-4.0" "Jan-15","-2.2","-2.5" "Feb-15","-2.6","-0.5" "Mar-15","-1.7","3.2" "Apr-15","0.6","4.9" "May-15","-0.8","-0.3" "Jun-15","3.6","2.3" "Jul-15","3.3","-0.1" "Aug-15","2.6","-0.1" "Sep-15","1.4","-4.5" "Oct-15","4.2","-4.7" "Nov-15","1.7","-7.1" "Dec-15","3.5","-1.8" "Jan-16","3.4","-2.9" "Feb-16","5.1","-8.1" "Mar-16","3.7","-8.7" "Apr-16","3.8","-12.3" "May-16","3.9","-14.4" "Jun-16","5.1","-15.1" "Jul-16","-0.9","-23.0" "Aug-16","-0.6","-25.6" "Sep-16","1.6","-18.8" "Oct-16","2.5","-19.6" "Nov-16","1.7","-24.4" "Dec-16","0.7","-23.3"