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Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment

Latest Release

Sep 12, 2023

Actual

-11.4

Forecast

-15.0

-12.3

The German Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Economic Sentiment Index gauges the six-month economic outlook. A level above zero indicates optimism; below indicates pessimism. The reading is compiled from a survey of about 350 German institutional investors and analysts.

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the EUR, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the EUR.

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Source: ZEW

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Oct 17, 2023 (Oct)	10:00			-11.4
Sep 12, 2023 (Sep)	10:00	-11.4	-15.0	-12.3
Aug 15, 2023 (Aug)	10:00	-12.3	-14.7	-14.7
Jul 11, 2023 (Jul)	10:00	-14.7	-10.5	-8.5
Jun 13, 2023 (Jun)	10:00	-8.5	-13.1	-10.7
May 16, 2023 (May)	10:00	-10.7	-5.3	4.1

News

Dollar edges higher; U.S. inflation is the week's main focus By Investing.com - Sep 12, 2023

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar edged higher in early European trade Tuesday, reversing some of the previous session’s sharp losses as traders revised their positions before data showing a potential...

Dollar just below new one-month high; yuan gains despite rate cut By Investing.com - Aug 15, 2023

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Tuesday, but remained near recent highs, while the Chinese yuan saw volatile trading after the country's central bank unexpectedly...

European stocks gain after China rate cut; tech stocks lead the way By Investing.com - Jun 13, 2023

Investing.com - European stock markets traded higher Tuesday, with sentiment boosted by China's rate cut ahead of key U.S. inflation data and the start of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy-setting...

Analysis

FX Daily: Unruly EM Currencies Keep the Dollar in Demand By ING Economic and Financial Analysis - Aug 15, 2023

USD: Strong US retail sales should help The dollar pushed ahead around 0.7% yesterday as pressure on EM currencies around the world encouraged more dollar demand. Very much in focus remains China's...

Newsquawk Week Ahead: US Retail Sales, FOMC minutes, UK Jobs and CPI, PBoC, RBNZ By Ryan Anderson - Aug 11, 2023

Week Ahead August 14th-18th MON: N/A TUE: PBoC MLF, RBA Minutes, Japanese Prelim. GDP (Q2), Australian Wage Price Index (Q2), Chinese Industrial Output and Retail Sales (Jul), Japanese Industrial...

Week Ahead: US CPI, FOMC, Retail Sales; ECB; PBoC, China activity data By Ryan Anderson - Jun 09, 2023 1

MON: NY Fed Survey of Consumer Expectations. TUE: OPEC MOMR, German Final CPI (May), UK Jobs Data (Apr/May), German ZEW Survey (Jun), US CPI (May). WED: FOMC Announcement, IEA OMR (2024 Forecast), UK...

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