Business Confidence
Medium
Forecast—
Previous78
ImportanceMedium
Track record
Published monthly. Across the 36 releases held here, from 2023-11-28 to 2026-10-28, the actual came in above forecast 16 times, below 17 times and in line 3 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 2.
What this moves here
Indices
Past releases 24
Oct7879.2 · 79
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| Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 78 | 79.2 | 79 |
| Sep | 79 | 84 | 81 |
| Aug | 81 | 83 | 82 |
| Jul | 82 | 81 | 78 |
| Jun | 79 | 82 | 80 |
| May | 80 | 73 | 74 |
| Apr | 74 | 69 | 71 |
| Mar | 71 | 68 | 72 |
| Feb | 72 | 75 | 73 |
| Jan | 73 | 71 | 70 |
| Dec | 70 | 72 | 70 |
| Nov | 70 | 69 | 68 |
| Oct | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| Sep | 70 | 72 | 70 |
| Aug | 70 | 69 | 68 |
| Jul | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| Jun | 70 | 75 | 73 |
| May | 73 | 70 | 68 |
| Apr | 68 | 60 | 68 |
| Mar | 68 | 68 | 65 |
| Feb | 65 | 65 | 63 |
| Jan | 63 | 60 | 62 |
| Dec | 62 | 67 | 68 |
| Nov | 68 | 71 | 69 |
History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.