Consumer tendency - May 2026 | GUS - Portal Informacyjny | GUS - Portal Informacyjny

In May 2026, consumer sentiment moods improved, both regarding the current and future situation (compared to the previous month). The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was minus 11.3^a which was by 1.9 lower in relation to last month.

Among the components of the indicator, compared to April this year the evaluations of the current economic situation of the country and future financial situation of the house-hold improved the most (increases by 4.9 and 4.7, respectively). A higher values were also recorded for the evaluations of the future economic situation of the country and current financial situation of the household (increases by 2.9 and 1.5, respectively). Lower value than a month before was recorded only for the evaluation of the current possibility of making important purchases (decrease by 0.4).

Referring to May 2025, the value of current consumer confidence indicator has improved in May 2026 by 3.2.

The leading consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing trends in individual consumption that are expected in the coming months, improved by 2.7 in relation to the previous month, and was at the level of minus 8.5^a.

The increase of the value of the indicator was affected by all of its components. The largest increase by 4.7 was recorded in the evaluation of the future financial situation of a household. For the other components of the indicator, the increases were as follows: by 2.9 in the evaluation of the future economic situation of the country, by 1.8 in the evaluation of the future level of unemployment and by 1.6 in the evaluation of the possibility of future money saving.

In May this year leading consumer confidence indicator improved by 0.4 compared to the same month in 2025.