Consumer tendency - October 2026 | Publikacje | GUS - Portal Informacyjny

In October 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 14.0^a which was by 3.2 lower in relation to last month.

All components of the indicator obtained values lower than a month ago. The largest de-creases (by 7.6) was recorded in evaluation of the future economic situation of the coun-try. For the other components of the indicator, the decreases were as follows: by 6.9 in the evaluation of the current economic situation of the country, by 1.3 in the evaluation of the current possibility of making important purchases, by 0.5 in the evaluations of the future financial situation of a household and by 0.1 in the evaluations of the current financial situation of a household.

Referring to October 2025, the value of current consumer confidence indicator has de-creased by 3.1.

^aBoth 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 05-14.10.2026, 1369 interviews were conducted.