Consumer confidence time series 2014-2020

The uploaded dataset contains monthly time-series of the index numbers (base 2010) of the Italian current confidence indicator and the Italian future confidence indicator from January 2014 to March 2020. Each time series is composed of 75 values (72 valid data and 3 missing data for the time interval July 2017 – December 2017). The current confidence index measures the judgment of the present economic situation of Italy and families, current opportunity for saving and purchasing durable goods and family financial budget, on the other hand the future confidence index measures the expectation regarding the above-mentioned variables including unemployment. A joint assessment of both indexes can offer a very interesting interpretation referred to the optimistic (current index lower than the future one) or pessimistic (current index greater than the future one) state of the population. The source of these datasets is the official website of Italian Institute of Statistics (http://dati-congiuntura.istat.it/?lang=en&SubSessionId=c419585c-c3e5-4408-9423-14ce999a6dcd).本上传数据集包含2014年1月至2020年3月期间，意大利现行信心指数（current confidence indicator）与未来信心指数（future confidence indicator）的月度时间序列数据，两类指数均以2010年为基期。每条时间序列共包含75个数据点，其中2017年7月至2017年12月的区间内存在3条缺失数据，其余72条均为有效数据。现行信心指数用于衡量民众对意大利整体经济与家庭当前经济状况、当前储蓄机会、耐用品购置时机以及家庭财务预算的评价；而未来信心指数则用于衡量民众对上述各类变量（包括失业率）的预期。对两类指数进行联合评估，可针对民众的乐观（现行指数低于未来指数）或悲观（现行指数高于未来指数）状态作出颇具价值的解读。本数据集的来源为意大利国家统计局（Italian Institute of Statistics）官方网站：http://dati-congiuntura.istat.it/?lang=en&SubSessionId=c419585c-c3e5-4408-9423-14ce999a6dcd。