Consumers' expectations for major purchases improved and about households' finances improved by 2 pp and 1 pp on a monthly level, respectively.
Only the indicator of current households' finances slightly deteriorated, by 1 percentage point.
The annual increase in the value of the confidence indicator resulted from more optimistic consumer expectations about households' finances, up 10 pp and about the country's economy, up 6 percentage points.
On the other hand, opinions on current households' finances deteriorated by 9 percentage points. The indicator of expectations about major purchases remained flat.
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