2010.08.1904:35:00UTC+00Dutch Aug. Consumer Confidence Improves

Dutch consumer confidence indicator improved in August from the preceding month.

The consumer confidence index increased to minus 11 in August from minus 14 in the previous month, a report the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. A year earlier, the indicator was at minus 16.

The economic climate indicator rose to minus 14 in August from minus 19 in the previous month. The index measuring the economic situation in the last twelve months increased to minus 25 from minus 31 in July. Similarly, consumer's assessments on economic situation in the next year rose to minus 4 from minus 8.

Meanwhile, indicator for consumer's willingness to buy, was at minus 8 in August, up from minus 10 in July. The index measuring consumer's financial situation in the last year decreased to minus 15 from minus 12 in July, while the index for financial situation in the next twelve months rose to minus 4 from minus 6.

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