Consumer confidence in Cape Verde reaches highest level for 7 quarters in 2016Q4

Consumer confidence in Cape Verde kept rising in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Statistics Institute has announced.

The institute says its consumer confidence index rose to 10 points, the highest for seven quarters.

A Semana reports that the results of a survey of consumers indicate that households expect their finances and the economy as a whole to improve this year.

Most consumers expect inflation and unemployment to diminish this year, the newspaper reports.