The Netherlands' business confidence indicator dropped to 9.9 in May of 2022 from a five-month high of 10.8 in the previous month but remained way above its average of the past twenty years of 1.0. Entrepreneurs' assessment over future production weakened (5.8 vs 6.6 in April), while their views toward stocks of finished products turned to negative for the first time in three months (-0.1 vs 2.8). Meanwhile, manufacturers' judgment about order book were more positive, with the gauge hitting its record high (23.9 vs 23.1). source: Statistics Netherlands
Business Confidence in Netherlands averaged 0.96 points from 1985 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 12.70 points in November of 2021 and a record low of -28.70 points in April of 2020. This page provides - Netherlands Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Netherlands Business Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2022.
Business Confidence in Netherlands is expected to be 4.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Netherlands Business Confidence is projected to trend around 1.00 points in 2023, according to our econometric models.