Consumer Confidence Index

German business morale dipped slightly in August but stayed close to last month's all-time high, a closely-watched survey said on Aug. 25, adding to a run of good news for Europe's powerhouse economy ahead of a general election.

The Munich-based Ifo institute said its business confidence index fell to 115.9 points this month after reaching an all-time peak of 116 points in July.

Confidence in Turkey's economy hit its highest level since November 2013, according to official data released on July 28, underscoring the economy's resilience following the July 15 coup attempt last year.      
The economic confidence index increased by 4.5 percent to 103.4 points in July, up from 98.9 points in June, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said in a report.    

Turkey's consumer confidence index was higher month-on-month in July, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) revealed on July 20.        

Retail commerce has experienced an annual decline of 2.12 percent on average in the first half of the year, according to the views of 166 senior corporate officials polled by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).

Business and consumer expectations have not improved as much as anticipated following the conclusion of the second bailout review, according to a monthly survey by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), whose results were released on Monday.

The Turkish Economic Confidence Index rose 1.1 percent to 100.5 points in May, hitting the highest level since November 2015, official data showed on May 26. 

The economic confidence index thus advanced for the fourth straight month in May, after it tumbled to record lows in December 2016 and January 2017. 

In April 2017 in Total Confidence index among Bulgarian consumers declined by 1.6% compared to the level of three months ago, according to the National Statistical Institute, quoted by BNR.

Confidence in Turkey's economy has risen in April, hitting its highest level since December 2015, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).      
  
The Economic Confidence Index rose from March by 3.6 percentage points to 99.5 points in April, TÜİK said in a statement on April 27.        

Turkey's consumer confidence index was higher month-on-month in April, according to official data released on April 20.      

Turkey's consumer confidence index rose in March, according to a report released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) on March 23.

The index rose from 65.7 points in February to 67.8 points in March, up by 2.1 points or 3.2 percent, according to the report.        

The index indicates a pessimistic outlook and would need to rise above 100 to reflect optimism.