Sentiment indicator, March 2025

The sentiment indicator slightly up

In March, too, the confidence indicators changed only slightly and thus had a small impact on the economic sentiment.

  • 25 March 2025 at 10:30
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  • Barbara Čertanec, Žiga Jevnikar, Karmen Ješe Malovrh
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Slightly better at the monthly level …

The value of the economic climate indicator was −1.6 percentage points (p.p.), 0.7 p.p. higher than in February (−2.3 p.p.).

Positive influences were provided by the consumer confidence indicator (by 0.7 p.p.), and confidence indicators in retail trade (by 0.2 p.p.) and construction (by 0.1 p.p.). Negative influences were provided by confidence indicators in manufacturing (by 0.2 p.p.) and services (by 0.1 p.p.).

… as well as year-on-year

Compared to March of last year, the value of the sentiment indicator was higher by 1.8 p.p.

The improvement in the indicator was contributed by confidence indicators in retail trade (by 1.0 p.p.), in manufacturing (by 0.7 p.p.) and among consumers (by 0.2 p.p.). Only the confidence indicator in services had a negative impact (by 0.1 p.p.). The construction confidence indicator had no impact.

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.
Sentiment indicator, Slovenia, January 2010–March 2025
Sentiment indicator, Slovenia, January 2010–March 2025
Impact of individual confidence indicators on the monthly change of the sentiment indicator, Slovenia, March 2025
Impact of individual confidence indicators on the monthly change of the sentiment indicator, Slovenia, March 2025
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Some totals and subtractions do not add up due to rounding.

Data are seasonally and calendar adjusted.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.

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