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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Confidence Indicator for the industrial ecosystems

Updated every month and based on data extracted by the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys, provides a timely indication of the state of each ecosystem at the EU level.

We build a profile of the economic sentiment for each ecosystem, by calculating a weighted average of the values of those sectors included in the definition of each ecosystem; the weights are based on the share of value added that each sector has in the total value added of the ecosystem, as a measure of the relevance of that sector to that ecosystem.

Key messages of this edition

  • This month there is a somewhat positive rebound in confidence for most ecosystems, although levels remain low compared to confidence in the previous quarter.
  • Proximity & Social Economy shows the largest increase in confidence, driven mostly by Repair of computers and personal and household goods. Retail, Textile, and Tourism also display a clear increase.
  • Creative & Cultural Industries shows a remarkable decrease driven mostly by the combined decline in Other professional, scientific and technical activities, and Advertising and market research.
  • Confidence in Electronics, Aerospace & Defence, and Energy Intensive Industries remains practically constant.  

Note: For 'Retail', 'Agrifood', 'Proximity-Social Economy', 'Renewable Energies', and 'Health', data available only partially cover that ecosystem, so we used dashed lines and the related values have to be interpreted with caution