Euro zone investor sentiment at its lowest level in two years

Eurozone investor confidence fell more than expected in November, reaching its lowest level in more than two years, under pressure from worries about US trade policies and the future of the industry. German automobile.
The Sentix research group said its index of investor confidence in the euro zone fell from 11.4 in October to 8.8. Analysts were expecting a drop below 10.1.
The November reading was the lowest since October 2016 and the index fell for a third consecutive month.
"The reasons for this development are complex," said Manfred Hoppner, managing director of Sentix. "There are external factors such as the trade policy of US President Donald Trump, as well as European problems.
"The debate on the future of the German car industry, the weakness of the banking sector and the budget problem in Italy," he said.
The Centeces survey was conducted among 991 investors and took place from November 1st to 3rd.
A majority of Europeans said in a poll that they thought the past was better than the present and tended to doubt issues such as immigration and membership in the country. 39, European Union.
The poll, released yesterday, showed that 67% of Europeans thought they were nostalgic about the past and 61% of Germans.
"Nostalgia for the past is also a sign of great uncertainty within the society," said Isabel Huffman, co-author of the survey, explaining that the population sometimes used allusions to " good time spent "to make fear the future.
According to Bertelsmann's poll, Germans, those who are nostalgic for the past have rejected migration more, about 78% of them saying that immigrants did not want to integrate into society. , while the proportion of those who saw it among those who do nostalgic 63%.
Fifty-three percent of nostalgic people think that immigrants hold local jobs, while only 30% of nostalgic people of the past share this view.
Seventy-seven percent of the nostalgic expressed the wish that their country remain in the European Union, while 82% of those who did not belong to this category were interested. According to the survey, 53% of Nostalgia followers are considered to be on the right of the traditional political movement, while 58% of other groups are themselves on the left of the centrist trend. The survey revealed that 47% of women considered the past as pink, compared to 53% of men. The survey, conducted in June in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland, included 10,885 people.