Belgium Business Confidence 1980-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Belgium business confidence increased to -0.3 in August of 2018 from -1.3 in July, and above market expectations of -0.5. Confidence improved among manufacturers (-1.6 from -3.1 in July); traders (-6.5 from -9.7) and service providers (6 from 5.7). On the other hand, confidence worsened among constructors (1.2 from 1.9). Business Confidence in Belgium averaged -7.18 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-06-22	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.5
2018-07-25	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	-1.3	0.6	0.4	0.7
2018-08-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence	-0.3	-1.3	-0.5	0.3
2018-09-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence		-0.3		0.5
2018-10-24	01:00 PM	Business Confidence				-0.45
2018-11-23	02:00 PM	Business Confidence				-0.15

Belgium Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-0.30	-1.30	9.20	-31.80	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-2.30	-0.30	21.90	-19.90	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-2.70	1.10	11.90	-9.20	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-0.30	0.70	25.40	-21.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	80.00	81.00	85.00	69.70	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	689.00	852.00	1322.00	262.00	Companies	[+]
Car Registrations	54437.00	42771.00	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	3.70	3.60	62.40	-43.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	645.00	670.00	1488.00	237.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Changes In Inventories	1981.00	1241.00	2307.00	-1238.00	EUR Million	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.23	5.25	5.25	5.05	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	20.00	17.00	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	52.00	42.00	52.00	20.00		[+]
Electricity Production	5461.00	5233.00	8558.00	4047.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]

Belgium Business Confidence

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 September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-0.30	-1.30	9.20	-31.80	1980 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly

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Australia	4.00	Aug/18	7	21	-30	Index Points	Monthly
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Canada	61.90	Aug/18	61.8	75	36.1	Index Points	Monthly
China	51.30	Aug/18	51.2	59.2	38.8	Index Points	Monthly
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Germany	103.80	Aug/18	102	110	80	Index Points	Monthly
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Japan	21.00	Jun/18	24	53	-58	Index Points	Quarterly
Mexico	51.30	Aug/18	50.9	58.1	33.7	Index Points	Monthly
Netherlands	5.90	Aug/18	6.3	10.9	-23.5	Index Points	Monthly
Russia	-3.00	Aug/18	-2	7	-20	Index Points	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	3.00	Jun/16	-12	63	-12	Index Points	Quarterly
Singapore	7.00	Jun/18	13	54	-57	Index Points	Quarterly
South Africa	38.00	Sep/18	39	91	10.2	Index Points	Quarterly
South Korea	73.00	Aug/18	74	119	35	Index Points	Monthly
Spain	-4.30	Aug/18	-2.1	8.5	-39	Index Points	Monthly
Switzerland	100.30	Aug/18	102	121	67.8	Index Points	Monthly
Turkey	96.40	Aug/18	103	123	52.6	Index Points	Monthly
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