The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported that Consumer Confidence in Israel decreased to -22 in May of 2015 from -16 in April of 2015.
Consumer Confidence in Israel averaged -24.02 from 2011 until 2015, reaching an all time high of -12.65 in June of 2011 and a record low of -38.47 in September of 2012.
The Consumer Confidence indicator measures the expectations that consumers have about changes in their household financial situation; the country´s general economic situation; unemployment levels and their household saving plans over the next 12 months.
The indicator is an arithmetic mean, with equal weights, calculated from the combination of responses to 4 questions based on a sample of around 759 people, aged 21 and over. Consumer confidence is measured on a scale of -100 to 100, where -100 indicates an extreme lack of confidence, 0 neutrality and 100 extreme confidence.
