Measuring household uncertainty in EU countries

Gene Ambrocio

No 17/2019, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland

Abstract: I provide a measure of household uncertainty available for European Union (EU) countries. The measure draws from the same consumer survey data used to construct widely-used consumer sentiment indices. I find that increases in household uncertainty are followed by declines in consumer sentiment and household financial conditions. Using Euro Area-wide indices, I also find that the effects of increases in household uncertainty differ from increases in uncertainty from other sources such as financial markets and economic policy. Notably, household uncertainty shocks are inflationary. These results challenge the notion that (household) uncertainty shocks act like negative demand shocks.

JEL-codes: C32 D84 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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