European Commission DG ECFIN Directorate General Economic and

The purpose DG ECFIN In Spring 2009, we conducted a survey among institutes Ø

The results DG ECFIN Request was send to 53 institutes Ten institutes replied “positively”:

The results DG ECFIN • Among the institutes that already did some analysis of

The results DG ECFIN • Among the institutes that planned to introduce questions in

Conclusions DG ECFIN ØSeveral analysis/study are already available at country level ØA number of

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European Commission DG ECFIN Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs Results from the survey among institutes on consumers and crisis Roberta Friz Fourth Joint EU-OECD Workshop on Business and Consumer Opinion Surveys Brussels, 12 October 2009 Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN– 12/10/2009 Slide

The purpose DG ECFIN In Spring 2009, we conducted a survey among institutes Ø To investigate on the social dimension of the crisis Ø Survey could provide useful information through, for example, the breakdowns by income, education, etc… Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN – 12/10/2009 Slide 2

The results DG ECFIN Request was send to 53 institutes Ten institutes replied “positively”: • Half of them already did some analysis of the existing survey in order to evaluate the impact of the crisis on households' financial conditions • The other half planned to introduce questions in their surveys that could capture the social dimension of the financial crisis Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN – 12/10/2009 Slide 3

The results DG ECFIN • Among the institutes that already did some analysis of the existing survey, we have: ØGf. K Turkey ØISAE (Italy) ØEstonian Institute of Economic research ØUniversity of Cyprus ØGf. K Poland Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN – 12/10/2009 Slide 4

The results DG ECFIN • Among the institutes that planned to introduce questions in their surveys, we have: ØGf. K Austria ØGf. K Germany ØStatistics Finland ØINSEE (France) ØPoland (Labour and living Condition Department of the Statistical Institute) Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN – 12/10/2009 Slide 5

Conclusions DG ECFIN ØSeveral analysis/study are already available at country level ØA number of institutes introduced new questions/new surveys Thank you! Roberta Friz European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs ECFIN – 12/10/2009 Slide 6