European Consumer Confidence Screensaver
The European Consumer Confidence screensaver shows eurostat's monthly consumer confidence indicator for every reporting country, key-less. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the European Consumer Confidence screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Eurostat's monthly consumer confidence indicator for every reporting country, key-less. The indicator is a balance of opinion, not a percentage: positive answers minus negative ones, so it sits below zero even in good years and less negative is better.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours and any options can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
What the consumer confidence indicator measures
The consumer confidence indicator comes from the harmonised EU consumer survey coordinated by the European Commission and carried out by national institutes in member states. Households are asked about the next twelve months, and the indicator averages the balances of answers on four questions: their financial situation, the general economic situation, unemployment expectations and their savings. Eurostat distributes the results for member states and the euro area.
A balance of opinion subtracts the share of negative answers from the share of positive ones, so the result can be positive or negative. For the consumer indicator, the result is a simple average of the net balances of its questions. A value below zero means pessimistic answers outweigh optimistic ones, and what matters most is the direction of change and the comparison with a country's own history. Levels are not a reliable basis for ranking countries against each other.
Confidence is a measure of mood and expectation, not of actual spending or growth. A fall may precede weaker spending, but the link is loose. The data is monthly, so it shows the survey of the latest reference month only.
A worked example
Eurostat's monthly consumer confidence indicator for every reporting country, key-less. The indicator is a balance of opinion, not a percentage: positive answers minus negative ones, so it sits below zero even in good years and less negative is better.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every number on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Why can values be negative?
- The indicator is built from balances of positive minus negative answers, so it falls below zero whenever pessimistic replies outweigh optimistic ones. What counts is movement relative to that country's own history.
- Which questions feed the indicator?
- Four questions about the next twelve months: household financial situation, the general economic situation, unemployment expectations and savings.