LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), April 19 (SeeNews) – Slovenia’s consumer confidence indicator fell by 1 percentage point (p.p.) on a monthly comparison basis in April, after decreasing at the same rate in March, the country's statistical office said on Friday.
The value of the consumer confidence indicator has been gradually decreasing since February.
The consumer confidence indicator fell in April due to the more pessimistic expectations of consumers about the country’s economy (by 4 p.p.) and the number of unemployed (by 2 p.p.), the statistical office said in a monthly consumer survey.
Savings expectations increased slightly (by 1 p.p.), while expectations about the household finances remained unchanged.
In April, the value of the consumer confidence indicator was 9 p.p. lower than in the same month of 2018. Among its components, the expectations about the country’s economy and the number of unemployed worsened the most - by 16 p.p. and 15 p.p., respectively. Expectations about household finances and savings also decreased by 3 p.p. and 1 p.p., respectively.