Market research group GfK said that consumer mood is displaying a very uneven image in June 2019. Propensity to buy is increasing again, while income expectations suffer significant setbacks. Economic expectations have ceased their downward spiral, for the time being at least. 

For July, GfK is predicting a consumer climate value of 9.8 points, following a June figure of 10.1 points. Economists had expected decrease to 10.0.

The consumer climate is recording losses for the second time in a row. A key factor behind this is the noticeable decrease in the income indicator this month (the indicator lost 12.2 points, falling to 45.5 points, this is the lowest level since March 2017 when it stood at 41.6 points). Propensity to buy, on the other hand, is managing to more than make up for losses suffered last month and is displaying largely stable development (this indicator rose by 3.2 points to 53.7). Economic expectation is currently not decreasing further (the indicator rose by 0.7 points and now stands at 2.4 points).