At the beginning of September, the consumer mood in Slovakia was slightly more pessimistic than in the previous month. The seasonally adjusted indicator of consumer confidence, decreased by 1,4 points to -20,2, month-on-month. The indicator has thus approached its long-term average for the fifth month in a row.
Compared to the previous month, respondents were more optimistic only in their savings expectations. They were more pessimistic, especially in expectations of the financial situation of households and the overall economic situation, in the expectations of the development of unemployment they were only slightly more pessimistic.
Compared to the situation a year ago, after a deep slump of the indicator due to the implementation of anti-epidemic measures, the respondents were significantly more optimistic ( by 10,8 points) and the current result returned slightly below the long-term average (by 0,7 points).