{
  "id": "400455",
  "title": "ZEW Economic Sentiment Index",
  "indicator": "Zew Economic Sentiment Index",
  "country": "DE",
  "ticker": "ECONOMICS:DEESI",
  "source": "Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)",
  "source_url": "http://www.zew.de",
  "parent_publication": "ZEW Economic Sentiment Survey",
  "period": "Mar",
  "reference_date": "2026-03-31T00:00:00Z",
  "release_date": "2026-03-17T10:00:00Z",
  "actual": -0.5,
  "previous": 58.3,
  "forecast": 39,
  "unit": "index points (-100 to +100)",
  "document_type": "economic_survey_data",
  "retrieval_status": "verified_data_confirmed_through_multiple_sources",
  "note": "Official ZEW publication page not directly accessible through standard web retrieval. Data verified from multiple independent financial news sources reporting official ZEW release (FXStreet, Trading Economics, ActionForex, Mitrade). This is the forward-looking Economic Sentiment Index measuring expectations for next 6 months.",
  "files": {
    "raw": null,
    "result_markdown": "400455_result.md",
    "metadata": "400455.json"
  },
  "shared_parent": "401075",
  "confidence": "high",
  "reasoning": "ZEW data reported consistently across multiple independent financial news sources with identical figures (-0.5 vs forecast 39, previous 58.3). Release timestamp (2026-03-17T10:00:00Z) confirmed across sources. Magnitude of miss (-39 to -40 points) consistent across all reporting sources.",
  "key_metrics": {
    "monthly_change_points": -58.8,
    "forecast_miss_points": -39.5,
    "percentile_rank": "historically pessimistic"
  }
}