ZEW Economic Sentiment

"Zew-op, doo-wop, zew-op doo-wop! It’s time for our monthly economic survey, the ZEW Economic Sentiment!”

The Zew Economic Sentiment takes into account the sentiments of about 300 economic analysts. Germany uses the ZEW Economic Sentiment to get a pulse on its economic future for the upcoming half-year. It tries to get a holistic view, expressing opinions of expert economic optimists and expert economic pessimists.

So what does “ZEW” mean? You asked for it: Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschungl, which means Center for European Economic Research, for the non-German-speaking crowd.