"Figure 19: Perceptions of the future 12 months of the economy and the financial situation have worsened since 2018.","" "Perception rating for the UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The Eurobarometer Consumer Survey, conducted by GFK on behalf of the European Commission, provides information regarding perceptions of the economic environment. A positive balance means that consumers perceived an improvement within the economy, a zero balance indicates no change and a negative balance indicates a perceived worsening. 2. The Eurobarometer Survey results are also available for Quarter 4 2018 across the measures presented here. The perceived financial situation over the next 12 months drops dramatically whereas the general economic situation perceptions remain at a perceived worsening. " "Unit","Rating" "","" "","Financial situation over the next 12 months","General economic situation over next 12 months" "2008 Q1","5.5","-27.7" "2008 Q2","-8.3","-43" "2008 Q3","-10.6","-39" "2008 Q4","-10.3","-40.3" "2009 Q1","-7.7","-32.8" "2009 Q2","-1.6","-11.9" "2009 Q3","4","2.3" "2009 Q4","3.9","-0.7" "2010 Q1","4.9","4.7" "2010 Q2","0.4","-9.4" "2010 Q3","-3.9","-17.7" "2010 Q4","-6.5","-19.3" "2011 Q1","-11","-29.2" "2011 Q2","-8.5","-22" "2011 Q3","-11.1","-30" "2011 Q4","-10.7","-38.1" "2012 Q1","-10.8","-29.9" "2012 Q2","-9.5","-33.5" "2012 Q3","-8.5","-30.2" "2012 Q4","-7.1","-26.3" "2013 Q1","-6.1","-26" "2013 Q2","-6.9","-18.4" "2013 Q3","0.9","0.1" "2013 Q4","-1.6","2.5" "2014 Q1","4.8","8.1" "2014 Q2","3.9","12.2" "2014 Q3","1.4","3.7" "2014 Q4","2.8","2.6" "2015 Q1","5.9","7" "2015 Q2","5.4","0.6" "2015 Q3","5.4","-4.8" "2015 Q4","9.6","-1.4" "2016 Q1","7.6","-10.6" "2016 Q2","8.2","-15.7" "2016 Q3","6.1","-13.1" "2016 Q4","3.7","-19.3" "2017 Q1","1.3","-20.3" "2017 Q2","0.5","-24.5" "2017 Q3","2.9","-26.4" "2017 Q4","3.1","-23.4" "2018 Q1","7.8","-22.2" "2018 Q2","6.3","-24.8" "2018 Q3","5.2","-27.4" "2018 Q4","1.2","-31.3"