Sentiment indicators for Europe showed an improvement in the month of March, driven primarily by consumer confidence's largest monthly increase since April 2009:
The five largest economies all posted gains (though muted in France and Germany), while the Netherlands was this month's big winner with a +2.3 rise:
The one notable decline: selling price expectations (in all major categories). Drops in the Services and Retail groups were particularly pronounced and consumers' price expectations reached the lowest levels since November 2010: