Euro Area Business Climate Indicator  1985-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The Business Climate Indicator for the Euro Area rose to 1.09 in August 2017 from a downwardly revised 1.04 in July and above market expectations of 1.06. Managers' production expectations increased markedly, and their appraisals of the stocks of finished products and past production improved. By contrast, managers' views on overall order books and, in particular, export order books deteriorated. Business Confidence in the Euro Area averaged 0 from 1985 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 1.53 in April of 2007 and a record low of -3.87 in March of 2009.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2017-06-29 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.15 0.9 0.94 0.95
2017-07-28 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.05 1.16 1.12 1.07
2017-08-30 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.09 1.04 1.06 1.01
2017-09-28 09:00 AM Business Confidence 1.09 1.11 1.09
2017-10-30 10:00 AM Business Confidence 1.02
2017-11-29 10:00 AM Business Confidence 0.97


Euro Area Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 1.09 1.04 1.53 -3.87 [+]
Manufacturing PMI 58.20 57.40 59.00 33.50 [+]
Services PMI 55.60 54.70 58.30 39.20 Index Points [+]
Composite Pmi 56.70 55.70 56.80 45.70 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production 3.20 2.80 9.20 -21.60 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.10 -0.60 2.50 -4.10 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 3.40 2.60 10.10 -22.10 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 83.20 82.60 85.30 69.60 percent [+]
Changes In Inventories 3.48 7.58 26.07 -26.49 EUR Billion [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index 31.70 29.30 89.90 -63.70 [+]
Car Registrations 920.51 894.56 1130.00 669.00 Thousand [+]
Mining Production 9.30 2.00 42.30 -26.70 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 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.09 1.04 1.53 -3.87 1985 - 2017 Monthly
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business confidence by Country

Last
Australia 5.00 Aug/17
Brazil 55.70 Sep/17
Canada 56.30 Aug/17
China 51.70 Aug/17
Euro Area 1.09 Aug/17
France 111.00 Aug/17
Germany 115.90 Aug/17
India 64.10 Mar/17
Indonesia 111.63 Jun/17
Italy 108.10 Aug/17
Japan 17.00 Jun/17
Mexico 49.08 Aug/17
Netherlands 5.40 Aug/17
Russia -2.00 Aug/17
South Korea 78.00 Aug/17
Spain -0.40 Aug/17
Switzerland 104.10 Aug/17
Turkey 110.70 Aug/17
United Kingdom 5.00 Sep/17
United States 58.80 Aug/17