Vartotojų pasitikėjimas ekonomika Lietuvoje ir kitose naujosiose Europos sąjungos valstybėse

Abstract

Expectations regarding the future and confidence play a large part in all economic activities. On the basis of expectations concerning future demand, prices and costs enterprises make decisions on production volume, prices and investments. Household's decisions about purchases are made on the basis of their future expectations. Because expectations are of such importance to economic activities, it is essential to measure them. For that purpose consumer confidence indicators are frequently used. This article presents the information, provided by consumer confidence indexes and compares consumer confidence in economy in Lithuania and in the other new European Union member states. In this article comparison of the consumer confidence was made using consumer confidence indicator (published by European Commission).