Middle East - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - March 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 March,2017 is up 0.7 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 1.4 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.9 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 2 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 2.1 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 March,2017 is down 2.3 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 3.5 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.1 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 2.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 3.6 percentage points over last month.

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