The European Central Bank (ECB) recently released its Consumer Expectations Survey results for February 2026, revealing trends in inflation, income, spending, economic growth, and housing.
The fieldwork for the survey was conducted between February 5 and March 3, 2026, meaning that around 97 per cent of responses were collected before the outbreak of the Middle East war on February 28 .
Compared with January 2026, median consumer perceptions of past-year
