The Business Climate Indicator (BCI) for the Euro Area increased by 0.22 points to +0.11 in August 2019, beating market expectations of +0.08. Managers’ assessments of past production and of export order books improved sharply, as well as their production expectations, views on overall order books and the level of stocks of finished products. Business Confidence in the Euro Area averaged 0 Index Points from 1985 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 1.63 Index Points in January of 2018 and a record low of -3.31 Index Points in March of 2009.

Business Confidence in Euro Area is expected to be 0.19 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 Euro Area to stand at 0.51 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Business Climate Indicator is projected to trend around 0.75 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-05-28 09:00 AM Business Confidence May 0.30 0.42 0.4 0.36
2019-06-27 09:00 AM Business Confidence Jun 0.17 0.30 0.23 0.25
2019-07-30 09:00 AM Business Confidence Jul -0.12 0.17 0.08 0.08
2019-08-29 09:00 AM Business Confidence Aug 0.11 -0.11 0.08 -0.2
2019-09-27 09:00 AM Business Confidence Sep 0.11 0.19
2019-10-30 10:00 AM Business Confidence Oct 0.25
2019-11-28 10:00 AM Business Confidence Nov 0.21


Euro Area Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 0.11 -0.11 1.63 -3.31 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 47.00 46.50 60.60 33.50 [+]
Services PMI 53.50 53.20 58.30 39.20 Index Points [+]
Composite Pmi 51.90 51.50 58.80 45.70 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production -2.00 -2.40 9.70 -21.40 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom -0.40 -1.40 3.30 -4.00 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production -2.00 -2.60 10.00 -21.70 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 81.90 82.80 85.30 69.60 percent [+]
Changes In Inventories 7.71 7.61 27.72 -24.53 EUR Billion [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index -22.40 -43.60 89.90 -63.70 [+]
Car Registrations 896.89 961.38 1169.19 669.00 Thousand [+]
Mining Production -8.40 -12.90 42.30 -27.80 percent [+]
Industrial Sentiment -5.90 -7.30 10.20 -37.70 [+]
Services Sentiment 9.30 10.60 35.30 -25.20 [+]


Euro Area Business Climate Indicator

In Euro Area, the Business Climate Indicator measures the current situation of the businesses and its future prospects. The survey is made by phone and covers 23 000 companies in the Euro Area. The questionnaire focuses on: production trends in recent months, order books, export order books, stocks and production expectations. The indicator is computed through the estimation of a factor-model and summarises the common information contained in the surveys. A rise in the indicator will point to an upswing in activity and an improvement in the business climate. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Business Climate Indicator - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.11 -0.11 1.63 -3.31 1985 - 2019 Index Points Monthly
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Country Last Previous
Australia 1.00 Aug/19
Brazil 59.40 Aug/19
Canada 60.60 Aug/19
China 49.50 Aug/19
Euro Area 0.11 Aug/19
France 102.00 Aug/19
Germany 94.30 Aug/19
India 112.80 Sep/19
Indonesia 108.81 Jun/19
Italy 99.70 Aug/19
Japan 7.00 Jun/19
Mexico 49.70 Aug/19
Netherlands 3.90 Aug/19
Russia -2.00 Aug/19
Saudi Arabia 3.00 Jun/16
Singapore -11.00 Jun/19
South Africa 21.00 Sep/19
South Korea 68.00 Aug/19
Spain 1.40 Aug/19
Switzerland 97.00 Aug/19
Turkey 102.50 Aug/19
United Kingdom -32.00 Sep/19
United States 49.10 Aug/19


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