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A nationally representative sample of around 350 Georgians, interviewed (every month) in early July and August 2019, reveals that overall the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) has deteriorated by 2.4 index points since the two previous months, from -15.6 in June to -16.8 in July and to -18 in August.
Table 1 highlights a similar observable pattern in the Present Situation Index, which also declined by about 3.7 index points overall compared to June 2019 (from -17.7 in June to -18 in July and -21.3 in August). The Expectations Index, however, displayed dissimilar changes, with a decrease in July but a slight improvement by August, from -13.6 in June to -15.6 in July and -14.7 in August. Thus, the overall change in consumer confidence in July mostly correlates to the Expectations Index, where in August the opposite is the case and it relates to the Present Situation Index.
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A nationally representative sample of 359 Georgians, interviewed in early June 2019, reveals that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) improved by nearly 1 index point, from -16.5 in May to -15.9 in June. A similar pattern was observed in the Present Situation Index, which increased by 1.8 index points (from -19.5 to -17.7). The Expectations Index however remained unchanged at -13.6. Therefore, the overall change in consumer confidence in June correlates directly to the Present Situation Index.
Table 1, displayed below, reveals the areas modifying improvement in Georgian consumer confidence (in the Present Situation Index) in June: current sentiments towards savings; attitudes to making major purchases; improvements in personal financial situations; and improvements in the country’s general economic situation, over the last 12 months.
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A nationally representative sample of 358 Georgians, interviewed in early May 2019, revealed that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) improved by 4.3 index points, from -20.8 in April to -16.5 in May. A similar pattern was observed in both sub-indices from May: the Present Situation Index rose by 3.8 points (from -23.3 to -19.5) and the Expectations Index by 4.8 points (from -18.4 to -13.6). Table 1, displayed below, highlights which questions in particular show improvement in Georgian consumer confidence for May: expected unemployment, current ability to save and to make major purchases, expected inflation, etc. Looking at the bigger picture, however, one can see that the slight uptick in the CCI is a continuation of a stable trend that began around two years ago, in May 2017. Observing the Overall CCI, one can notice that the index seems to have reached a level of local equilibrium. Judging from past CCI analyses, upward and downward swings in the index were driven mostly by political events, such as parliamentary elections, and by important external events, such as a regional currency crisis. Thus, given that the country’s political and economic life may have reached a form of equilibrium, the current stability in consumers’ sentiment is justified.
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