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

In September 2026, there was an improvement in consumer sentiment moods regarding the current situation (compared to the previous month) while sentiment moods regarding the future situation deteriorated. The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was minus 10.8^a which was by 0.5 higher in relation to last month.

Among the components of the indicator, compared to August this year the evaluation of the  current possibility of making important purchases increased the most (increase by 3.3). A higher values were also recorded for the evaluations of the future and current economic situation of the country (increases by 1.6 and 1.1, respectively). A lower value than a month before were recorded for the evaluations of the current and future financial situation of the household (decreases by 1.8 and 1.6, respectively).

Referring to September 2025, the value of current consumer confidence indicator has decreased by 2.5.

^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 01-10.09.2026, 1351 interviews were conducted.