The EC’s Economic Sentiment Indicators unsurprisingly fell in most countries in March amid the fallout from the war in Ukraine and there were further large increases in price pressures on the back of rising global commodity prices. Sentiment is likely to stay depressed, or even fall further, in Q2 which will add to the headwinds facing the recovery and supports our below-consensus GDP growth forecasts this year.
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