Serbia: Economic sentiment increases in January
Latest reading: Economic sentiment rose to 96.8 in January, following December’s 95.1. Still, the latest reading was below the long-term average of 100, pointing to a muted near-term outlook for the economy and it was the highest since January 2025.
In January, sentiment broke above threshold in the services sector (+4.7 vs -2.6 in December) and among consumers (+2.4 vs -5.9 in December). On the flipside, sentiment darkened in the industrial sector (-3.7 vs +0.6 in December), the construction sector (-7.4 vs -6.5 in December) and the retail sector (+10.0 vs +13.1 in December).