Spain Business Confidence 1980-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The Spanish business confidence index decreased to 2.2 in May 2018 from 5.5 in the preceding month. It was the lowest reading since August, mainly due to a deterioration in expectations regarding production (9.7 from 20.9 in April), employment (6.8 from 8.8) and prices (2.9 from 5.7). In spite of this, improvements were seen for: current production (7.7 from 4.1), orders (6.3 from 1.2); export orders (7.8 from -4.1) and stocks of finished goods (9.7 from 5.7). Business Confidence in Spain averaged -10.64 Index Points from 1980 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 8.50 Index Points in September of 1997 and a record low of -39 Index Points in March of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-03-27	11:35 AM	Business Confidence	2.9	3.9	4.2
2018-04-27	10:15 AM	Business Confidence	5.5	2.9	2.5
2018-05-30	10:00 AM	Business Confidence	2.1	5.5	3.2
2018-06-28	10:15 AM	Business Confidence		2.1	4.5
2018-07-30	10:15 AM	Business Confidence			4.9
2018-08-30	10:15 AM	Business Confidence			3.4

Spain Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	2.10	5.50	8.50	-39.00	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	56.40	55.60	60.30	36.80	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.40	54.40	56.10	41.10		[+]
Industrial Production	1.90	4.60	13.60	-21.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-1.80	1.00	9.30	-12.00	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.10	2.40	13.60	-22.70	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	80.20	79.40	90.00	68.86	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1814.00	1880.00	2230.00	-3402.00	EUR Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	1457.00	1380.00	2854.00	11.00	Companies	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	135522.00	113816.00	177375.00	23090.00		[+]
Car Production	2138.00	2116.00	2504.00	139.00	Hundred Units	[+]
Car Registrations	119214.00	121182.00	145685.00	3103.00		[+]
Internet Speed	15487.07	15362.73	15487.07	2354.24	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	14575619.00	13803828.00	14855454.00	7640009.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	-8.70	11.40	20.60	-44.90	percent	[+]
Steel Production	1316.00	1310.00	1980.00	555.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	4.70	4.68	4.71	4.49	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	34.00	32.00	42.00	29.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	28.00	32.00	62.00	28.00		[+]
Electricity Production	22049.00	25880.00	27405.00	20466.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	57.00	58.00	71.00	43.10	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	42.00	41.00	42.00	20.00		[+]
Factory Orders	3.90	3.10	13.20	-33.60	percent	[+]

Spain Business Confidence

In Spain, the Industrial Confidence Indicator (ICI) measures the level of optimism of entrepreneurs for the future development of industrial activity. The ICI is conducted based on the sample of 2500 enterprises representing different sizes, regions and sectors of Spanish economy. The response rate is around 60 percent. ICI is measured on a scale of -100 (extreme lack of confidence) to +100 (extreme confidence). This page provides the latest reported value for - Spain Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Spain Business Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	2.10	5.50	8.50	-39.00	1980 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	6.00	May/18	11	21	-30	Index Points	Monthly
Brazil	49.60	Jun/18	55.5	68.5	35	Index Points	Monthly
Canada	62.50	May/18	71.5	75	36.1	Index Points	Monthly
China	51.90	May/18	51.4	59.2	38.8	Index Points	Monthly
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Germany	102.20	May/18	102	110	79.8	Index Points	Monthly
India	59.70	Dec/17	58.3	71.8	45.7	Index Points	Quarterly
Indonesia	106.28	Mar/18	111	122	95.12	Index Points	Quarterly
Italy	107.70	May/18	108	122	71.5	Index Points	Monthly
Japan	24.00	Mar/18	26	53	-58	Index Points	Quarterly
Mexico	49.50	May/18	50	58.1	33.7	Index Points	Monthly
Netherlands	9.80	May/18	8.2	10.9	-23.5	Index Points	Monthly
Russia	-2.00	May/18	-2	7	-20	Index Points	Monthly
South Korea	76.00	May/18	77	119	35	Index Points	Monthly
Spain	2.10	May/18	5.5	8.5	-39	Index Points	Monthly
Switzerland	100.00	May/18	103	122	67.8	Index Points	Monthly
Turkey	109.90	May/18	111	123	52	Index Points	Monthly
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