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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 12.2 points from the previous month to 11.2 in December 2019, better than market expectations of -32.5 and the highest since March 2018. In December, 58.4 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 26.4 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions while 15.2 percent expected it to deteriorated. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went up by 4.9 points to -14.7 and inflation expectations increased by 0.6 points to 12.8.

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 22.5 points from the previous month to -1 in November 2019, better than market expectations of -32.5 and the highest since April. In November, 55.6 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 22.7 percent expected it to deteriorated while 21.7 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation went up by 6.8 points to -19.6 and inflation expectations jumped by 11.2 points to 12.2.

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area dropped by 1.1 points from the previous month to -23.5 in October 2019, still better than market expectations of -33.0. In October, 46.5 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 38.5 percent expected it to deteriorated while 15.0 percent predicted an improvement in economic conditions. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation sank 10.8 points to -26.4 and inflation expectations fell by 8.5 points to 1.0.

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area rose by 21.2 points from the previous month to -22.4 in September 2019, better than market expectations of -32.2. In September, 47.4 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in economic activity and 15.1 percent expected it to improve while 37.5 percent predicted a deterioration in economic conditions. Meantime, the indicator of the current economic situation decreased by 1.1 points to -15.6 and inflation expectations rose by 10.6 points to 9.5.

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area slid by 23.3 points from the previous month to -43.6 in August 2019, worse than market expectations of -21.7. That was the lowest reading since December 2011. In August, 53.9 percent of the surveyed analysts expected a deterioration in economic activity, 35.8 percent expected no changes while 10.3 percent predicted an improvement. In addition, the indicator of the current economic situation fell by 3.9 points to -14.5 and inflation expectations went up by 0.6 points to -1.1.

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Euro Area edged down 0.1 points from the previous month to -20.3 in July 2019, compared to market expectations of -20.9. That was the lowest reading since January. In July, 51.1 percent of the surveyed analysts expected no changes in the economic activity over the next six months and 34.6 percent expected it to get worse while 14.3 percent predicted an improvement. Meantime, the indicator for the current economic situation dropped 6.9 points to -10.6 in July.