• Economic confidence 97.6 vs 98.0 expected
  • Prior 99.0; revised to 98.9
  • Industrial confidence 1.2 vs 1.5 expected
  • Prior 3.5; revised to 3.4
  • Services confidence 8.7 vs 8.7 expected
  • Prior 10.7; revised to 10.4

Euro area economic sentiment falls more than estimated in August as confidence on the outlook continues to deteriorate. It's tough to see find much optimism when inflation is still high and energy prices are soaring across the region.