Middle East - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - February 2017
Israel
The Israel Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for February,2017 is up 1.9 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 3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 4.4 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 0.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.5 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 February,2017 is down 0.6 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 down 0.8 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 2.2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 0.9 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 1.1 percentage points over last month.
