Consumer forecasts on households savings in Belgium 2018-2023

In Belgium, forecasts of consumers regarding household savings for the upcoming year provide insight into the country's economic climate. From January 2018 to December 2019, the overall forecasts of Belgian consumers regarding household savings were pessimistic. However, from January 2020, optimistic forecasts outweighed negative ones, until October of 2022.In October 2023, the balance of consumer forecast was 13, meaning that the positive forecasts were higher than the negative forecasts by 13 percentage point. The recent positive forecasts seem to indicate a shift in Belgian consumer's perceptions of household savings. Such forecasts are used to calculate the Belgian consumer confidence indicator, providing insight into the economic landscape of the country.

在比利时，针对未来一年家庭储蓄的消费者预测揭示了该国经济气候的动向。自2018年1月至2019年12月，比利时消费者对家庭储蓄的整体预测趋于悲观。然而，自2020年1月起，乐观预测逐渐超过悲观预测，直至2022年10月。至2023年10月，消费者预测的平衡值为13，意味着积极预测相较于消极预测高出13个百分点。近期积极预测的涌现似乎标志着比利时消费者对家庭储蓄认知的转向。此类预测被用于计算比利时消费者信心指数，从而为洞察该国经济格局提供参考。