Euro Area Business Climate Indicator  1985-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The business climate indicator for the Euro Area fell by 0.08 points from a month earlier to 1.22 in August 2018, missing market expectations of 1.28. It was the lowest reading since August last year, as managers' appraisals of their overall order books and past production worsened markedly, while their views on export order books and the stocks of finished products merely edged down. By contrast, managers' production expectations improved. Business Confidence in the Euro Area averaged 0 Index Points from 1985 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1.63 Index Points in January of 2018 and a record low of -3.27 Index Points in March of 2009.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-06-28 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.39 1.44 1.4 1.15
2018-07-30 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.29 1.38 1.35 1.29
2018-08-30 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.22 1.30 1.28 1.25
2018-09-27 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.22 1.15
2018-10-30 10:00 AM Business Confidence 0.95
2018-11-29 10:00 AM Business Confidence 1.05


Euro Area Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 1.22 1.30 1.63 -3.27 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 54.60 55.10 60.60 33.50 [+]
Services PMI 54.40 54.20 58.30 39.20 Index Points [+]
Composite Pmi 54.50 54.30 58.80 45.70 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production -0.10 2.30 9.20 -21.40 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom -0.80 -0.80 3.30 -3.90 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 0.20 2.90 10.10 -21.70 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 84.10 84.40 85.30 69.60 percent [+]
Changes In Inventories 15.80 9.03 25.28 -27.57 EUR Billion [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index -7.20 -11.10 89.90 -63.70 [+]
Car Registrations 943.06 947.92 1130.00 669.00 Thousand [+]
Mining Production -6.50 -1.10 42.30 -26.80 percent [+]


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 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.22 1.30 1.63 -3.27 1985 - 2018 Index Points Monthly
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business confidence by Country
Country Last
Australia 4.00 Aug/18
Brazil 53.30 Aug/18
Canada 61.90 Aug/18
China 51.30 Aug/18
Euro Area 1.22 Aug/18
France 110.00 Aug/18
Germany 103.80 Aug/18
India 59.70 Dec/17
Indonesia 112.82 Jun/18
Italy 104.80 Aug/18
Japan 21.00 Jun/18
Mexico 51.30 Aug/18
Netherlands 5.90 Aug/18
Russia -3.00 Aug/18
Saudi Arabia 3.00 Jun/16
Singapore 7.00 Jun/18
South Africa 38.00 Sep/18
South Korea 73.00 Aug/18
Spain -4.30 Aug/18
Switzerland 100.30 Aug/18
Turkey 96.40 Aug/18
United Kingdom -3.00 Sep/18
United States 61.30 Aug/18


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