Belgium Business Confidence

Belgium business confidence decreased to -1.1 in October of 2018 from 1.2 in the previous month and against market expectations of 0.6. Confidence worsened among manufacturers (-4 from -1.1 in September) and service providers (7.3 from 12.5). On the other hand, confidence improved among constructors (5.8 from 3.6) and traders (-9 from -10). Business Confidence in Belgium averaged -7.15 Index Points from 1980 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 9.20 Index Points in March of 2000 and a record low of -31.80 Index Points in March of 2009.

Business Confidence in Belgium is expected to be 0.20 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Business Confidence in Belgium to stand at -3.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Belgium Business Confidence is projected to trend around -6.50 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	-0.3	-1.3	-0.5	0.3
2018-09-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	1.2	-0.3	-0.8	0.5
2018-10-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	-1.1	1.2	0.6	-0.2
2018-11-23	02:00 PM	Business Confidence		-1.1	-1.8	0.2
2018-12-19	02:00 PM	Business Confidence				-1.25

Belgium Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-1.10	1.20	9.20	-31.80	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.90	3.50	21.90	-19.90	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	3.00	1.60	11.90	-9.20	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	4.40	6.40	25.40	-21.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	81.10	80.00	85.00	69.70	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	897.00	477.00	1322.00	262.00	Companies	[+]
Car Registrations	36894.00	27145.00	64963.00	13593.00		[+]
Internet Speed	16275.93	15930.63	16275.93	4020.54	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	4372220.00	4315399.00	5060890.00	1986541.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	0.50	5.40	62.40	-43.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	715.00	740.00	1488.00	237.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Changes In Inventories	1981.00	1241.00	2307.00	-1238.00	EUR Million	[+]
Competitiveness Index	76.61	76.57	76.61	5.05	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	21.00	19.00	24.00	15.00		[+]
Corporate Profits	24520.00	36858.00	40119.00	11553.00	EUR Million	[+]
Corruption Index	75.00	77.00	77.00	52.50	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	16.00	15.00	29.00	15.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	45.00	52.00	52.00	20.00		[+]
Electricity Production	4526.00	5259.00	8558.00	4047.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]

In Belgium, the business confidence survey measures the level of optimism that people who run companies have about the current economic situation and how they feel about their organizations’ prospects in the next three months. Every month, a panel of around 6000 business leaders is contacted. This page provides the latest reported value for - Belgium Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Belgium Business Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-1.10	1.20	9.20	-31.80	1980 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly

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