"Figure 6: Expectations for the year ahead for unemployment trends and the general economic situation remained negative","" "Aggregate balance, UK, Quarter 1 (January to March) 2011 to Quarter 2 (April to June) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GFK (Growth from Knowledge) for the European Commission. 2. A negative balance means that, on average, respondents expected the general economic situation to worsen. A positive balance means they expect it improved and a zero balance indicates no change." "Unit","Aggregate balance" "","" "","General economic situation over the last twelve months","General economic situation over the next twelve months","Unemployment expectations over the next twelve months","Statement on financial situation of household" "Q1 2011","-51.8","-29.2","53.3","15.1" "Q2 2011","-47.1","-22","40.2","16.5" "Q3 2011","-58.3","-30","44.3","12.4" "Q4 2011","-60.7","-38.1","49.6","14.6" "Q1 2012","-59.6","-29.9","44.5","12.7" "Q2 2012","-58.7","-33.5","38.6","14" "Q3 2012","-56.5","-30.2","32.9","9.6" "Q4 2012","-53.6","-26.3","29.2","11.8" "Q1 2013","-53.4","-26","29.5","11.1" "Q2 2013","-44","-18.4","24","10.9" "Q3 2013","-26.9","0.1","10.3","15.6" "Q4 2013","-23.1","2.5","19.8","14.4" "Q1 2014","-12","8.1","8.8","18.3" "Q2 2014","-3","12.2","0","20.3" "Q3 2014","-3.4","3.7","2.6","21.5" "Q4 2014","-4","2.6","2.9","20.6" "Q1 2015","3.2","7","3","23.8" "Q2 2015","2.3","0.6","2.8","24.3" "Q3 2015","-4.5","-4.8","16.7","25.8" "Q4 2015","-1.8","-1.4","10.8","25.5" "Q1 2016","-8.7","-10.6","13.5","25.2" "Q2 2016","-15.1","-15.7","21","27" "Q3 2016","-18.8","-13.1","10.3","22.6" "Q4 2016","-23.3","-19.3","18.2","24.4" "Q1 2017","-21.8","-20.3","13.8","25.7" "Q2 2017","-27.5","-24.5","18.1","22.7" "Q3 2017","-28.7","-26.4","12.4","21.5" "Q4 2017","-27.9","-23.4","19","20.6" "Q1 2018","-26.9","-22.2","18.7","23.6" "Q2 2018","-28.4","-24.8","22.1","19.2" "Q3 2018","-27.5","-27.4","18.4","23.5" "Q4 2018","-26.2","-31.3","22.9","25" "Q1 2019","-31.8","-34.9","23.1","24.8" "Q2 2019","-32.2","-33.4","23.3","25.8"