Middle East - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - April 2017

The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Israel

The Israel Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for April,2017 is up 2.1 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 2.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 0.8 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 3.4 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 4.1 percentage points over last month.

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabia Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for April,2017 is up 1.2 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 down 0.7 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.7 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 3.1 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 3.1 percentage points over last month.

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