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Euro zone investor morale rises slightly, Germany still a drag on region
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
The Sentix index shows a rise in euro zone investor morale in December, but Germany continues to be a major economic challenge.
FRANKFURT, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Sentix index gauging investor morale in the euro zone rose to -6.2 in December from -7.4 in November, beating the -7.0 forecast by analysts polled by Reuters, while the bloc's biggest economy Germany remains a "stumbling block" for the region.
The survey of 1,063 investors from December 4-6 showed the assessment of the current situation improved to -16.5 in December from -17.5 in November, Sentix said on Monday.
Economic expectations for the next six months also rose to 4.8 December from 3.3 in November.
"The eurozone economy can, at best be, said to be stabilising," Sentix said in a statement.
"The eurozone is therefore finding it difficult to see the global momentum perceived by sentix survey participants for almost all other regions and countries also having an effect in Euroland. Towards the end of 2025, the reason for this lies with Germany, the largest eurozone economy."
In Germany, the overall index fell to -22.7 from -20.4, the lowest level since April, while the assessment of the current situation fell to its lowest level since February, at -41.8.
(Reporting by Christoph Steitz, Editing by Louise Heavens)
The Sentix index is a measure of investor sentiment in the eurozone, gauging the mood of investors regarding current and future economic conditions.
Economic growth refers to the increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over a specific period, often measured by GDP.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.
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