Consumer tendency - August 2026
In August 2026, consumer sentiment moods deteriorated, both regarding the current and future situation (compared to the previous month). The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was minus 11.3a which was by 1.1 lower in relation to last month.
Among the components of the indicator, compared to July this year the evaluations of the current possibility of making important purchases and future economic situation of the country deteriorated the most (decreases by 3.3 and 2.0, respectively). A lower values were also recorded for the evaluations of the future financial situation of the household and current economic situation of the country (in both cases a decrease of 0.4). A higher value than a month before was recorded for the evaluation of the current financial situation of the household (increase by 0.6).
Referring to August 2025, the value of current consumer confidence indicator has increased by 0.8.
a Both consumer confidence indicators receive values between -100 and +100. A positive value means dominance of consumers with optimistic attitude over consumers with pessimistic attitude, while negative value means dominance of consumers with pessimistic attitude over consumers with optimistic attitude. In the period of 03-12.08.2026, 1309 interviews were conducted.