Both economic and income expectations are on the rise, whilst propensity to buy has taken a slight hit. GfK forecasts a further small increase in consumer climate of 0.1 points in comparison to the previous month, moving to 10.6 points. It is not only the weather which has been sunny. Consumer climate had a sunny September, too. Despite political turbulence, economic and income optimism are on the up. Propensity to buy dropped slightly but remains at a very good level overall.