-
German Consumer Climate: Significant Setback
After the recovery in the previous month, consumer sentiment in Germany suffers a severe setback in August. Income and economic expectations show noticeable losses and the willingness to buy also falls slightly. As the willingness to save rises this month, the Consumer Climate declines: in the forecast for September, it falls by 3.4 points compared to the previous month (revised -18.6 points) to -22.0 points. These are the current findings of the GfK Consumer Climate powered by NIM, which has been published jointly by GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM), the founder of GfK, since October 2023. ... (full story)