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What matters for consumer sentiment in the euro area? World crude oil price or retail gasoline price?

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  • Clerides, Sofronis
  • Krokida, Styliani-Iris
  • Lambertides, Neophytos
  • Tsouknidis, Dimitris

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We investigate the link between crude oil prices, retail gasoline prices and consumer sentiment in the euro area. Our results reveal that consumer sentiment and its key components deteriorate notably as a response to positive shocks to real gasoline prices at the pump. On the contrary, positive oil-specific demand shocks do not trigger such a strong deterioration of consumer sentiment. The analysis is further refined to analyse the effects of these shocks to six key sub-components of consumer sentiment, which include household finance, conditions for buying durable products and the macroeconomy.

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  • Clerides, Sofronis & Krokida, Styliani-Iris & Lambertides, Neophytos & Tsouknidis, Dimitris, 2022. "What matters for consumer sentiment in the euro area? World crude oil price or retail gasoline price?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eneeco:v:105:y:2022:i:c:s0140988321005880
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105743
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    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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