Middle East - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - December 2016
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 December,2016 is down 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 1.9 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 1.9 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 2 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 December,2016 is down 1.7 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 4.8 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 0.5 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.8 percentage points over last month.
