2017
L’Observatoire Cetelem de la Consommation
Consumption in Europe: New paths to confidence
In economics, confidence is often described as essential if growth is to be achieved. Indeed, household spending and business investment hinges on this confidence. Generally speaking, uncertainty causes economic stakeholders to play a waiting game and ultimately slows down the economy. In the majority of European countries, this confidence seemed to shrink as the economic crisis rumbled on. The question of how to revive it is therefore a crucial one. L’Observatoire Cetelem 2017 focuses on demonstrating that all is not lost, despite confidence being low in Europe. In fact, far from it…