"Figure 14: Consumer perceptions of economic and financial situation over the last 12 months, January 2005 to November 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. The source is the Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, which is collected by GfK for the European Commission. Further information can be found in background note 5. 2. A negative balance means that, on average, respondents reported the general economic situation worsened. A positive balance means they reported it improved and a zero balance indicates no change." "Unit","Aggregate balance" "","" "","Financial situation over last 12 months","General economic situation over last 12 months" "Jan-05","-0.1","-17.0" "Feb-05","-1.1","-14.4" "Mar-05","-0.7","-12.5" "Apr-05","-0.9","-13.1" "May-05","-0.4","-13.8" "Jun-05","-1.3","-19.2" "Jul-05","-1.2","-17.4" "Aug-05","-2.0","-19.0" "Sep-05","0.2","-22.6" "Oct-05","-1.3","-22.0" "Nov-05","-3.5","-25.4" "Dec-05","-3.7","-26.6" "Jan-06","-1.7","-24.3" "Feb-06","-0.9","-24.1" "Mar-06","-3.4","-28.1" "Apr-06","0.4","-28.0" "May-06","1.3","-30.7" "Jun-06","1.4","-30.1" "Jul-06","0.1","-28.0" "Aug-06","-0.5","-30.7" "Sep-06","1.6","-28.4" "Oct-06","2.7","-25.2" "Nov-06","2.5","-27.0" "Dec-06","-0.3","-27.1" "Jan-07","-2.7","-31.1" "Feb-07","-0.2","-31.8" "Mar-07","0.6","-31.2" "Apr-07","-0.4","-29.8" "May-07","2.1","-21.7" "Jun-07","1.7","-25.9" "Jul-07","-0.1","-26.9" "Aug-07","1.5","-21.5" "Sep-07","3.0","-24.1" "Oct-07","3.3","-26.6" "Nov-07","0.4","-27.8" "Dec-07","0.5","-31.7" "Jan-08","1.7","-33.8" "Feb-08","-0.5","-36.0" "Mar-08","-2.1","-38.7" "Apr-08","-7.2","-50.1" "May-08","-10.5","-57.6" "Jun-08","-15.7","-63.2" "Jul-08","-17.8","-68.0" "Aug-08","-16.1","-65.6" "Sep-08","-19.3","-60.2" "Oct-08","-17.1","-70.9" "Nov-08","-17.6","-70.0" "Dec-08","-15.5","-71.8" "Jan-09","-19.3","-80.3" "Feb-09","-19.4","-82.0" "Mar-09","-18.0","-76.7" "Apr-09","-19.5","-79.0" "May-09","-20.1","-82.3" "Jun-09","-18.3","-75.5" "Jul-09","-17.8","-74.8" "Aug-09","-19.4","-70.9" "Sep-09","-14.7","-66.5" "Oct-09","-12.9","-57.1" "Nov-09","-14.7","-60.8" "Dec-09","-14.7","-60.9" "Jan-10","-14.6","-56.4" "Feb-10","-13.6","-49.1" "Mar-10","-13.9","-47.5" "Apr-10","-12.7","-44.4" "May-10","-11.8","-43.0" "Jun-10","-11.8","-41.9" "Jul-10","-10.2","-44.3" "Aug-10","-11.1","-39.9" "Sep-10","-13.8","-45.0" "Oct-10","-13.1","-43.5" "Nov-10","-12.8","-43.4" "Dec-10","-15.2","-46.1" "Jan-11","-17.3","-48.8" "Feb-11","-15.9","-50.2" "Mar-11","-17.6","-51.8" "Apr-11","-20.8","-53.8" "May-11","-17.2","-43.2" "Jun-11","-18.7","-47.1" "Jul-11","-21.7","-52.2" "Aug-11","-22.8","-54.6" "Sep-11","-24.4","-58.3" "Oct-11","-24.6","-62.9" "Nov-11","-24.4","-61.1" "Dec-11","-24.4","-60.7" "Jan-12","-22.9","-56.4" "Feb-12","-23.1","-58.7" "Mar-12","-25.2","-59.6" "Apr-12","-23.2","-56.9" "May-12","-23.7","-60.4" "Jun-12","-22.3","-58.7" "Jul-12","-21.1","-58.1" "Aug-12","-20.9","-56.4" "Sep-12","-21.9","-56.5" "Oct-12","-24.4","-56.2" "Nov-12","-22.0","-46.7" "Dec-12","-22.6","-53.6" "Jan-13","-23.9","-50.1" "Feb-13","-24.9","-49.8" "Mar-13","-20.5","-53.4" "Apr-13","-22.8","-52.2" "May-13","-20.7","-47.2" "Jun-13","-21.0","-44.0" "Jul-13","-15.4","-34.5" "Aug-13","-16.1","-30.7" "Sep-13","-15.9","-26.9" "Oct-13","-16.4","-26.2" "Nov-13","-17.3","-27.6" "Dec-13","-16.1","-23.1" "Jan-14","-11.3","-17.6" "Feb-14","-12.6","-14.5" "Mar-14","-10.9","-12.0" "Apr-14","-9.2","-9.0" "May-14","-10.0","-6.5" "Jun-14","-8.3","-3.0" "Jul-14","-9.8","-4.4" "Aug-14","-7.4","-1.6" "Sep-14","-7.6","-3.4" "Oct-14","-6.1","-4.7" "Nov-14","-6.9","-5.0" "Dec-14","-5.2","-4.0" "Jan-15","-2.2","-2.5" "Feb-15","-2.6","-0.5" "Mar-15","-1.7","3.2" "Apr-15","0.6","4.9" "May-15","-0.8","-0.3" "Jun-15","3.6","2.3" "Jul-15","3.3","-0.1" "Aug-15","2.6","-0.1" "Sep-15","1.4","-4.5" "Oct-15","4.2","-4.7" "Nov-15","1.7","-7.1" "Dec-15","3.5","-1.8" "Jan-16","3.4","-2.9" "Feb-16","5.1","-8.1" "Mar-16","3.7","-8.7" "Apr-16","3.8","-12.3" "May-16","3.9","-14.4" "Jun-16","5.1","-15.1" "Jul-16","-0.9","-23.0" "Aug-16","-0.6","-25.6" "Sep-16","1.6","-18.8" "Oct-16","2.5","-19.6" "Nov-16","1.7","-24.4"