Middle East - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - January 2017
Israel
The Israel Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for January,2017 is down 0.3 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 2.6 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.3 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 1.4 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 1.8 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 January,2017 is down 0.4 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 1.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 2.1 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 1 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.8 percentage points over last month.
