LATAM - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - December 2016
The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
Argentina
The Argentina Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for December,2016 is up 4.6 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices: the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 2.4 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 1.4 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 8.1 percentage points over last month.
Brazil
The Brazil Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for December,2016 is up 2.2 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices: the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 1.9 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 3.4 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 4.9 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 5.7 percentage points over last month.
Mexico
The Mexico Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for December,2016 is up 4.8 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices: the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 5.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 3.4 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 4.3 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 4.9 percentage points over last month.