CFA Romania Macroeconomic Confidence Index May 2012

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Sentiment indexes Used to measure consumers, investors or managers’ expectations regarding future economic activity Types:  Consumer confidence  Economic activity  Investor sentiment

Consumer confidence index Designed to measure consumer confidence defined as the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending Consumer Confidence Index issued by the Conference Board (US) University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (US)

Economic activity index Designed to measure managers’ expectations regarding future economic activity in industry and services Institute for Supply Management – Purchasing Managers’ Index (US) ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment (Germany, EU)

Investors sentiment indicator Designed to measure institutional investors’ and financial analysts’ expectations on future economic activity Sentix Market Sentiment (global) Swiss ZEW Investor Sentiment Index

CFA Romania Macroeconomic Confidence Index Aim To evaluate financial analysts expectation regarding economic activity in Romania for one year horizon

Objectives To create a new tool for assessing economic expectations in Romania To become a benchmark in the market regarding the expectations on Romanian economic activity To create a platform for exchange of ideas and opinions and for educating the public on economic and financial issues

Target CFA Romania members Level II and Level III CFA exam candidates Aprox. 350 participants

Timing Survey of expectations in the last 5 working days of each month Release in first week of next month

Presentation Current conditions Expectations Confidence indicator (summarizing the two above-mentioned indicators) Values between 0 and 100 (100 - highest confidence, 0 – lowest confidence, 50 neutral)

Macroeconomic Confidence Index Qualitative questions (increase/decrease/remain the same) for: Current conditions  Business conditions  Labor market Expectations (one year horizon) for  Business conditions  Labor market  Economy-wide personal income  Personal wealth

Financial markets expectations Inflation rate Interest rates EUR/RON exchange rate Stock market index Global macroeconomic conditions Oil price

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