The economic mood in the euro zone has become more explored in April than expected.
At the previous month, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) fell by revised 1.4 points to 93.6 points, as the European Commission announced on Tuesday in Brussels. Bank economist: Inside, on the other hand, an average of only 94.5 points expected an average. The ESI is therefore further below its long -term average of 100 points.
The poorer economic mood is primarily due to a significantly lower trust of consumers: inside and retailers, it was said. The service sector is also responsible to a lesser extent.
With a view to the largest economies in the euro area, the economic mood in the Netherlands (minus 2.5 points) and Italy (minus 1.8) deteriorated. In Germany (plus 0.5) and Spain (plus 0.4), on the other hand, the ESI improved something.