Name: United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment
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Small Business Sentiment in the United Kingdom decreased to -31 in the second quarter of 2022 from -5 in the first quarter of 2022. source: Confederation of British Industry

Small Business Sentiment in the United Kingdom averaged -4.52 from 1978 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 40 in the second quarter of 1983 and a record low of -84 in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on June of 2022.

Small Business Sentiment in the United Kingdom is expected to be 15.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment is projected to trend around 19.00 in 2023 and 11.00 in 2024, according to our econometric models.

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Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Business Confidence	-34.00	-9.00	points	Jun 2022
Factory Orders	18.00	26.00	Net Balance	Jun 2022
Small Business Sentiment	-31.00	-5.00		Jun 2022

United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment

In the United Kingdom, the Small Business Sentiment measures measures the expectations of business conditions for companies with up to 199 employees. The Questionnaire accesses the overall sentiment regarding general and export business situation, investment, capacity, order books, employment, output, stocks, prices competitiveness regarding domestic, EU and non-EU markets and innovation and training. For each assessment is computed a sub-index as the percentage of positive answers minus the percentage of negative answers. The composite index is then computed as the weighted average of the sub-indices. An Optimism Index of +100 indicates that all survey respondents are much more confident about future prospects, while -100 suggests that all survey respondents are much less confident about future prospects. An index level of 0 indicates neutrality.