Euro-zone growth shifts gear

29 June 2021

 

Summary: Euro-zone composite sentiment index up in June; above expectations; readings from major euro-zone economies up except Spain; sovereign bond yields inch up on day; index implies near-5% GDP growth.   The European Commission’s Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) is a composite index comprising five differently-weighted sectoral confidence indicators.  It is heavily weighted towards confidence surveys from the business sector, with the consumer confidence sub-index only accounting for 20% of the...

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