Hong Kong Business Confidence 2006-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Business confidence in Hong Kong increased to 8 in the second quarter of 2018 from 2 in the previous period. It was the highest reading since Q2 of 2014. By sector, expectations for the business situation improved for real estate (11 compared to a flat reading in Q1 2018); financing & insurance (28 compared to 21); manufacturing (-5 compared to -10 in Q1 2018) and construction (-13 compared to -16). In addition, prospects rebounded for information & communication (20 compared to -2). On the other hand, expectations deteriorated in transportation & storage (-8 compared to -5); accommodation & food services (-7 compared to -3) and professional & business services (-2 compared to 2) and worsened for retail (4 compared to 20). Business Confidence in Hong Kong averaged 8.14 Index Points from 2006 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 32 Index Points in the third quarter of 2006 and a record low of -53 Index Points in the first quarter of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2017-10-20	08:30 AM	Business Confidence	5	6	8.37
2018-01-19	08:40 AM	Business Confidence	2	5	5.82
2018-04-20	08:45 AM	Business Confidence	8	2	4.30
2018-07-20	08:30 AM	Business Confidence		8	4.46
2018-10-19	08:30 AM	Business Confidence			4.47

Hong Kong Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	8.00	2.00	32.00	-53.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	50.60	51.70	53.30	44.40		[+]
Industrial Production	0.60	0.30	7.10	-12.50	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	4338.00	-621.00	34679.00	-16338.00	HKD Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	8336.00	7623.00	16200.00	409.00	Companies	[+]
Car Registrations	2652.00	2668.00	6154.00	332.00		[+]
Internet Speed	21908.83	21943.39	21943.39	6090.98	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	3132077.00	3045927.00	3132077.00	1589168.00	IP	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.53	5.48	5.53	5.22	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	6.00	9.00	12.00	6.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	5.00	4.00	5.00	2.00		[+]
Corruption Index	77.00	77.00	84.00	70.10	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	13.00	15.00	18.00	12.00		[+]

Hong Kong Business Confidence

In Hong Kong, the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey measures the expectations of entrepreneurs regarding changes in business situation in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter. The survey covers a sample of 560 senior managers from the main sectors of the economy: manufacturing; construction; wholesale and retail trade; accommodation and food services; transportation, storage and courier services; information and communications; financing and insurance; real estate; and professional and business services sectors. The survey result is presented as a net balance: the difference between the percentage of respondents choosing “a better outlook” and that choosing "a worse outlook". A positive sign indicates a likely upward trend while a negative sign, a likely downward trend. This page provides - Hong Kong Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Hong Kong Business Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	8.00	2.00	32.00	-53.00	2006 - 2018	Index Points	Quarterly

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business confidence by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	7.00	Mar/18	9	21	-30	Index Points	Monthly
Brazil	56.70	Apr/18	59	68.5	35	Index Points	Monthly
Canada	59.80	Mar/18	59.6	75	36.1	Index Points	Monthly
China	51.50	Mar/18	50.3	59.2	38.8	Index Points	Monthly
Euro Area	1.34	Mar/18	1.48	1.59	-3.76	Index Points	Monthly
France	111.00	Mar/18	112	124	67	Index Points	Monthly
Germany	114.70	Mar/18	115	118	83.8	Index Points	Monthly
India	59.70	Dec/17	58.3	71.8	45.7	Index Points	Quarterly
Indonesia	111.02	Dec/17	112	122	95.12	Index Points	Quarterly
Italy	109.10	Mar/18	110	122	71.5	Index Points	Monthly
Japan	24.00	Mar/18	26	53	-58	Index Points	Quarterly
Mexico	50.20	Mar/18	50.1	58.1	33.7	Index Points	Monthly
Netherlands	9.50	Mar/18	10.9	10.9	-23.5	Index Points	Monthly
Russia	-2.00	Mar/18	-3	7	-20	Index Points	Monthly
South Korea	74.00	Mar/18	75	119	35	Index Points	Monthly
Spain	2.90	Mar/18	3.9	8.5	-39	Index Points	Monthly
Switzerland	106.00	Mar/18	108	122	67.8	Index Points	Monthly
Turkey	111.90	Mar/18	111	123	52	Index Points	Monthly
United Kingdom	13.00	Mar/18	-11	55	-75	Index Points	Quarterly
United States	59.30	Mar/18	60.8	77.5	29.4	Index Points	Monthly