CES insights

CES insights

The Consumer Expectations Survey enhances our understanding of consumer behaviour and expectations formation and informs our policy and communication.

The analysis is often published in ECB publications. Below is a list of publications featuring the survey. This list is regularly updated.

October 2024	Monetary policy transmission: why consumers’ housing situations matter
May 2024	Household inflation expectations: an overview of recent insights for monetary policy
April 2024	Trust in the ECB – insights from the Consumer Expectations Survey
April 2024	How big is the household housing burden? Evidence from the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey
March 2024	Consumer participation in the credit market during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
March 2024	Consumers' payment preferences and banking digitalisation in the euro area
March 2024	How have households adjusted their spending and saving behaviour to cope with high inflation?
January 2024	A primer on measuring household income
September 2023	The euro area labour force: recent developments and drivers
September 2023	What do consumers think is the main driver of recent inflation?
August 2023	Consumers’ interest rate expectations in a monetary policy tightening cycle
August 2023	Why has housing lost its lure? Evidence from the ECB’s Consumer Expectations Survey
May 2023	Consumption effects of job loss expectations: new evidence for the euro area
May 2023	The impact of the recent inflation surge across households
February 2023	Credibility gains from communicating with the public: evidence from the ECB’s new monetary policy strategy
February 2023	How people want to work – preferences for remote work after the pandemic
February 2023	Recent changes in consumers’ medium-term inflation expectations – a detailed look
November 2022	The impact of the recent rise in inflation on low-income households
November 2022	A closer look at consumers’ inflation expectations – evidence from the ECB’s Consumer Expectations Survey
September 2022	What drives inflation expectations of women and men?
August 2022	Can the ECB gain credibility by explaining its strategy?
August 2022	Household saving during COVID-19 and implications for the recovery of consumption
April 2022	Economic inequality and public trust in the European Central Bank
April 2022	Energy prices and private consumption: what are the channels?
April 2022	Household spending and fiscal support during the pandemic – the role of public perceptions
March 2022	The labour market recovery in the euro area through the lens of the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey
February 2022	Household spending and fiscal support during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a new consumer survey
February 2022	Housing costs: survey-based perceptions and signals from price statistics
December 2021	ECB Consumer Expectations Survey: an overview and first evaluation
November 2021	The recovery of housing demand through the lens of the Consumer Expectations Survey
September 2021	Clear, consistent and engaging: ECB monetary policy communication in a changing world
May 2021	How has the COVID-19 crisis affected different households’ consumption in the euro area?
May 2021	The effect of macroeconomic uncertainty on household spending
December 2020	The Covid-19 crisis and consumption: survey evidence from six EU countries

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