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Business Standard
07-08-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Urban consumers expect decline in both price and inflationary pressures over coming year
Reserve Bank released the results of July 2025 round of its bi-monthly urban consumer confidence survey (UCCS). The central bank noted that owing to improved sentiments across most of the survey parameters, consumer confidence for the current period improved marginally. The Current Situation Index (CSI) rose by 1.1 points to 96.5 in July 2025. Consumer confidence for the year ahead horizon continued to remain in optimistic territory, indicating robust confidence in outlook. The Future Expectations Index (FEI) also rose by 1.3 points to 124.7 in this survey round. Pessimism on the current price level and inflation eased sequentially in the last three rounds. Households also expect a decline in both price and inflationary pressures over the coming year.
News18
07-08-2025
- Business
- News18
RBI survey shows uptick in urban consumer confidence in July 2025
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday released the results of its July 2025 round of the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS), which showed a marginal improvement in the sentiment of urban to the bi-monthly survey conducted between July 1-12 across 19 major cities, covering 5,592 respondents, the Current Situation Index (CSI) rose to 96.5 in July from 95.4 in May, marking a 1.1-point improvement was attributed to better consumer perceptions on income, spending, and general economic conditions, despite persisting concerns on employment and price Future Expectations Index (FEI), which captures consumer outlook for the next one year, also edged up by 1.3 points to 124.7 from 123.4 in the previous round, reflecting sustained optimism about the economic outlook, income growth, and future pessimism surrounding the current price situation and inflation eased for the third straight survey round. The net response on price levels improved to -87.0 in July from -88.5 in the net perception regarding current income improved to 2.1 (from 0.4 in May), expectations of future income remained broadly stable, with the net response rising marginally from 52.3 to indicates that while more households feel their incomes have improved recently, their expectations for the future remain employment front, the current sentiment dipped with the net response falling to -6.7 in July from -5.9 in forward-looking optimism persisted as expectations for employment in the next one year saw an uptick in the net response to 31.0 from 29.8 trends continued to reflect strong consumer confidence. The net response for current spending improved to 78.0, while expectations for future spending rose to was supported by gains in non-essential spending, which registered a rare positive net sentiment of 0.4, a notable shift from -3.4 in May, and future expectations on this front climbed to 15.0 from spending remained consistently high with a net response of 86.5 for current perception and 86.2 for future RBI reiterated that the views expressed in the survey are those of the respondents and may not necessarily reflect the central bank's own stance. (ANI)
Time of India
07-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
RBI survey shows uptick in urban consumer confidence in July 2025
The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) on Thursday released the results of its July 2025 round of the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey ( UCCS ), which showed a marginal improvement in the sentiment of urban households . According to the bi-monthly survey conducted between July 1-12 across 19 major cities, covering 5,592 respondents, the Current Situation Index (CSI) rose to 96.5 in July from 95.4 in May, marking a 1.1-point increase. Productivity Tool Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel guide By Metla Sudha Sekhar View Program Finance Introduction to Technical Analysis & Candlestick Theory By Dinesh Nagpal View Program Finance Financial Literacy i e Lets Crack the Billionaire Code By CA Rahul Gupta View Program Digital Marketing Digital Marketing Masterclass by Neil Patel By Neil Patel View Program Finance Technical Analysis Demystified- A Complete Guide to Trading By Kunal Patel View Program Productivity Tool Excel Essentials to Expert: Your Complete Guide By Study at home View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals Batch 2 By Ansh Mehra View Program The improvement was attributed to better consumer perceptions on income, spending, and general economic conditions, despite persisting concerns on employment and price levels. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Do you have a mouse? Desert Order Undo The Future Expectations Index (FEI), which captures consumer outlook for the next one year, also edged up by 1.3 points to 124.7 from 123.4 in the previous round, reflecting sustained optimism about the economic outlook, income growth, and future spending. Notably, pessimism surrounding the current price situation and inflation eased for the third straight survey round. The net response on price levels improved to -87.0 in July from -88.5 in May. Live Events While the net perception regarding current income improved to 2.1 (from 0.4 in May), expectations of future income remained broadly stable, with the net response rising marginally from 52.3 to 52.6. This indicates that while more households feel their incomes have improved recently, their expectations for the future remain steady. On employment front, the current sentiment dipped with the net response falling to -6.7 in July from -5.9 in May. However, forward-looking optimism persisted as expectations for employment in the next one year saw an uptick in the net response to 31.0 from 29.8 earlier. Spending trends continued to reflect strong consumer confidence. The net response for current spending improved to 78.0, while expectations for future spending rose to 80.0. This was supported by gains in non-essential spending, which registered a rare positive net sentiment of 0.4, a notable shift from -3.4 in May, and future expectations on this front climbed to 15.0 from 13.8. Essential spending remained consistently high with a net response of 86.5 for current perception and 86.2 for future expectations. The RBI reiterated that the views expressed in the survey are those of the respondents and may not necessarily reflect the central bank's own stance.
Economic Times
07-06-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
India's urban buyers show stable confidence, expect brighter outlook: RBI survey
The Reserve Bank of India's latest Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) for May 2025 shows that urban consumers maintain stable sentiments about the current economic situation, with a cautious yet improving outlook for the future. The survey reveals that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), which measures current consumer sentiment, dipped marginally from 95.5 in March to 95.4 in May, indicating only a slight weakening in how consumers view present conditions. Despite this, expectations for the year ahead have brightened significantly. The Future Expectations Index (FEI), reflecting optimism about the economic outlook, employment prospects, income levels, and spending capacity, rose by one point from 122.4 in March to 123.4 in May. This points to a growing sense of confidence among urban households across 19 major Indian cities, based on feedback from 6,090 respondents surveyed between May 2 and 11. Also Read: RBI's 50 bps rate cut surprise: Two economists who beat the crowd are back with another call A notable aspect of the survey is the easing concern over inflation and price levels. This is the second consecutive survey round showing a decline in pessimism related to high prices. Most respondents now expect inflation and prices to moderate further in the coming year. Also Read: Households feel inflation is easing in short and medium term: RBI Survey The RBI noted, "Pessimism about the current price level and inflation continued to ease for the second consecutive round. Households also expect a decline in both price and inflationary pressures over the coming year."While there has been little change in consumer sentiment about current income levels, optimism remains strong regarding future earnings. According to the RBI, "Households remain firmly optimistic on future earnings even though their sentiment on current earnings remained around its March 2025 level."Spending habits mirror this cautious optimism. Although current expenditure on both essential and non-essential items has dipped slightly since March, consumers anticipate increased spending in the the survey suggests that while urban consumers feel only marginally better about present conditions, their confidence and hope for economic improvement in the year ahead have grown substantially. With inputs from ANI
Time of India
07-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
India's urban buyers show stable confidence, expect brighter outlook: RBI survey
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Reserve Bank of India 's latest Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) for May 2025 shows that urban consumers maintain stable sentiments about the current economic situation, with a cautious yet improving outlook for the survey reveals that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), which measures current consumer sentiment, dipped marginally from 95.5 in March to 95.4 in May, indicating only a slight weakening in how consumers view present conditions. Despite this, expectations for the year ahead have brightened Future Expectations Index (FEI), reflecting optimism about the economic outlook, employment prospects, income levels, and spending capacity, rose by one point from 122.4 in March to 123.4 in May. This points to a growing sense of confidence among urban households across 19 major Indian cities, based on feedback from 6,090 respondents surveyed between May 2 and 11.A notable aspect of the survey is the easing concern over inflation and price levels. This is the second consecutive survey round showing a decline in pessimism related to high prices. Most respondents now expect inflation and prices to moderate further in the coming RBI noted, "Pessimism about the current price level and inflation continued to ease for the second consecutive round. Households also expect a decline in both price and inflationary pressures over the coming year."While there has been little change in consumer sentiment about current income levels, optimism remains strong regarding future earnings. According to the RBI, "Households remain firmly optimistic on future earnings even though their sentiment on current earnings remained around its March 2025 level."Spending habits mirror this cautious optimism. Although current expenditure on both essential and non-essential items has dipped slightly since March, consumers anticipate increased spending in the the survey suggests that while urban consumers feel only marginally better about present conditions, their confidence and hope for economic improvement in the year ahead have grown substantially.
