CSI for February 11
< SUMMARY >
□ T he composite consumer sentiment index (CCSI) for February 2011 was 105. Although the index declined by 3 points from January 2011, it continues to exceed the benchmark of 100, a trend begun since the 105 recorded for May 2009.
― Consumer sentiment on living standards dropped by 1 point (90→89) and that on prospective living standards also
dropped by 2 points (98→96).
― Consumer sentiment on current domestic economic conditions fell by 6 points (88→82) and that on their future prospects by 3 points (97→94).
― Consumer sentiment on prospective change in total household income (103→100) and on spending decisions (114→112) fell by 3 points and 2 points, respectively.
□ Consumer sentiment on prospective price movements fell by 5 points from the previous month (153→148), while expected inflation remained unchanged at 3.7%
※ 2,200 households in 56 cities nationwide surveyed from February 11 to 18, 2011, among which 2,071 responded.
2010 2011
(B-A) May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan(A) Jan(B)
CCSI 111 112 112 110 109 108 110 109 108 105 (△ 3 )
Current Living
standards1) 94 96 95 95 91 91 93 93 90 89 (△ 1 ) Domestic
economic conditions1)
103 104 107 104 98 92 97 95 88 82 (△ 6 )
Prospective Living
standards2) 105 105 105 101 101 99 102 101 98 96 (△ 2 ) Domestic
economic conditions2)
112 112 115 109 108 104 108 105 97 94 (△ 3 )
Changes in total household income2)
101 103 102 101 102 101 102 102 103 100 (△ 3 ) Spending
decisions2) 111 112 112 112 112 112 113 112 114 112 (△ 2 ) Price
movements2) 138 138 141 146 144 141 141 140 153 148 (△ 5 )
Expected inflation3) 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.7 ( - )
Trends of Major CSI Components
Notes : 1) Current situation in comparison with six months earlier.
2) Prospects for six months ahead in comparison with the current situation.
3) Prospects for the following year in comparison with the current situation (%,
%p).
※ Further statistics may be found at the Bank of Korea's Economic Statistics System website (http://ecos.bok.or.kr/).
