# Dutch consumer confidence rises for a fourth month to -33 in September

> Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that consumer confidence has climbed every month since its May low of -46, though it remains one point below a year earlier.

Economy · published 2026-10-14 06:49 · https://nlnow.nl/a/dutch-consumer-confidence-rises-for-a-fourth-month-to-33-in-september/

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that Dutch consumer confidence stood at -33 in September 2026, up from -34 in August. The figure is the balance of positive and negative answers from consumers. A year earlier, in September 2025, it was -32.

Confidence fell sharply in spring. It dropped from -24 in February to -30 in March and -44 in April, and hit a low of -46 in May. Since then it has risen each month: -39 in June, -35 in July, -34 in August and -33 in September.

**Confidence has recovered from its May low but is still well below its level at the end of 2025** (balance; source: CBS)

- Sep 2025: -32
- Oct 2025: -27
- Nov 2025: -21
- Dec 2025: -21
- Jan 2026: -23
- Feb 2026: -24
- Mar 2026: -30
- Apr 2026: -44
- May 2026: -46
- Jun 2026: -39
- Jul 2026: -35
- Aug 2026: -34
- Sep 2026: -33

Before the spring fall, confidence had improved from -32 in September 2025 to -21 in November and December 2025.

## Background

- **CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)**: Statistics Netherlands, the independent government body that produces the official statistics on the Dutch economy and society.

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