"Figure 7: Consumer confidence in the UK and a range of countries, January March 2007 to March 2018","" "UK, a range of EU countries, the EU and OECD average","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GfK for the European Commission. Further information can be found in Quality and methodology. 2. A negative balance means that, on average, respondents reported they expect general consumer confidence will worsen. A positive balance means their expectations are that it will improve and a zero balance indicates no change. " "Unit","Aggregate balance " "","" "Month","Poland","UK","Italy ","Finland","Germany" "Mar-2007","-9.9","-4.4","-13.8","16.6","-6.0" "Jun-2007","-3.9","-2.7","-19.5","21.3","-4.2" "Sep-2007","-4.0","-2.9","-19.5","20.0","-5.3" "Dec-2007","-1.1","-5.2","-22.3","14.9","-7.6" "Mar-2008","-3.2","-9.5","-25.3","12.9","-8.9" "Jun-2008","-4.5","-20.4","-20.3","11.1","-11.0" "Sep-2008","-5.9","-23.3","-22.6","8.7","-12.8" "Dec-2008","-18.1","-29.2","-30.6","-6.4","-10.9" "Mar-2009","-35.9","-26.9","-31.9","-1.6","-12.0" "Jun-2009","-21.2","-18.1","-20.4","8.2","-11.2" "Sep-2009","-24.3","-10.1","-15.7","12.1","-6.8" "Dec-2009","-23.5","-9.7","-15.9","15.8","-5.3" "Mar-2010","-15.8","-5.0","-22.0","16.5","-5.2" "Jun-2010","-18.7","-10.8","-21.8","19.7","-4.2" "Sep-2010","-21.4","-16.7","-22.1","23.8","-1.0" "Dec-2010","-23.0","-18.0","-22.9","15.8","0.8" "Mar-2011","-24.3","-22.4","-24.2","18.2","2.4" "Jun-2011","-23.2","-17.0","-23.6","12.2","1.3" "Sep-2011","-22.9","-21.7","-31.1","1.8","1.6" "Dec-2011","-32.9","-25.6","-34.0","1.8","0.7" "Mar-2012","-24.3","-22.2","-29.3","7.0","-0.2" "Jun-2012","-31.1","-21.2","-41.5","6.1","2.3" "Sep-2012","-31.9","-19.3","-38.8","2.7","-0.4" "Dec-2012","-31.5","-17.0","-38.0","4.5","-0.1" "Mar-2013","-30.1","-18.1","-36.2","9.3","0.1" "Jun-2013","-26.1","-15.5","-19.2","8.9","1.2" "Sep-2013","-22.4","-1.0","-18.1","7.7","1.4" "Dec-2013","-19.7","-3.3","-20.2","9.3","3.7" "Mar-2014","-17.5","3.3","-14.3","7.8","3.6" "Jun-2014","-14.7","7.4","-11.4","10.3","2.9" "Sep-2014","-20.5","3.5","-15.4","2.3","3.9" "Dec-2014","-13.9","3.1","-16.6","7.0","2.8" "Mar-2015","-14.1","5.6","-4.5","10.2","5.4" "Jun-2015","-12.0","5.1","-7.8","12.1","5.0" "Sep-2015","-15.6","0.4","-5.8","7.5","4.7" "Dec-2015","-12.3","4.1","-1.4","5.1","5.5" "Mar-2016","-10.9","1.0","-6.6","10.5","5.3" "Jun-2016","-9.4","-1.2","-12.3","15.2","5.7" "Sep-2016","-6.7","-1.7","-12.6","18.1","7.1" "Dec-2016","-8.8","-4.6","-10.2","22.4","6.5" "Mar-2017","-7.0","-4.3","-13.6","23.2","5.8" "Jun-2017","-4.8","-7.4","-16.3","24.3","7.1" "Sep-2017","-2.9","-5.2","-6.6","27.1","6.4" "Dec-2017","-1.1","-7.0","-6.4","26.9","5.5" "Mar-2018","-0.2","-3.4","-5.6","25.1","6.2"