The phrase
"business sentiment" refers to the overall attitude or feeling that businesses have about the current and future economic conditions. It is a measure of how optimistic or pessimistic businesses are about factors such as sales, profits, investment opportunities, and market conditions.
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Still, recent data for foreign trade, consumer inflation, foreign investments, etc. suggested that the Chinese economy remains stable and sound, which could
boost business sentiment.
Conditions remain particularly unfavourable in Germany and have now worsened in France, with falling production and exports and a pronounced weakening
in business sentiment in recent months.
This swing in the indicator into positive territory is associated with
improving business sentiment from a weak level, rather than with generalized strength, and points to a modest pickup in business investment growth in the near term.2
Results from the autumn Business Outlook Survey point to continued
positive business sentiment across the country, with business activity becoming entrenched.
«The global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S.
as business sentiment remains upbeat, and consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon said.
The Bank of Canada reported Monday that
business sentiment for future sales growth remained «weak» in the second quarter as Canada's energy industry struggled with an oil shock.
Small
business sentiment soared to a 12 - year high in December, as business owners looked forward to much better business conditions.
Wells Fargo grades small
business sentiment using a numerical index with a top range of 400, although sentiment never scores that high.
Consumer and
business sentiment about the economy has risen sharply based on the notion the incoming administration of Republican President - elect Donald Trump and a Republican - controlled Congress would enact big tax cuts and infrastructure spending and loosen regulations, which would boost spending and investments.
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jul 17, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX)-- Small business owners around the country are grabbing their shades this summer as
business sentiment calls for a sunny forecast for the rest of the year.
Tax cuts have
lifted business sentiment and the outlook for growth, with the Fed seeing a «significant boost to output over the next few years» from the tax law and a federal budget boost.
The manufacturing and non-manufacturing ISM indices, while down from the peaks seen in early 2004, are still at high levels and a number of other measures of
business sentiment paint a similarly positive picture (Graph 3).
EU - ABC Publishes 2016
Business Sentiment Survey: European businesses planning expansion in ASEAN, confident of profit outlook
Confidence indicators were generally even stronger, with the European Commission's economic sentiment index rising to its highest point in a decade, and a leading measure of German
business sentiment posting a record high in July for the third successive month.
Business sentiment always rises the fastest after a recession because the economy grows the fastest after a recession (mean reversion is fierce).
The government's inability to effectively address these issues
dampened business sentiment and investment while many firms adopted a wait - and - see attitude with respect to major capital and hiring decisions.
And nowhere is this jubilation more evident than in the residential real estate industry, which is set to take off as positive consumer and
business sentiment starts to translate into more investment, greater economic growth, increasing employment and more home affordability, says Rudi Botha, CEO of BetterBond.
Profitability has recovered in the manufacturing and property & business services sectors, in line with
improved business sentiment, and farm profitability has experienced a sharp turnaround as the effects of the drought recede, while profitability in the mining sector remains relatively low.
While individual survey questions in the Business Outlook Survey (BOS) provide useful insights into specific aspects of business activity, a summary measure of the main survey questions serves as a gauge of
overall business sentiment.
«The global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as
business sentiment remains upbeat, and consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon said in the bank's earnings release.
Economic data in the United States have been a little more positive, showing, among other things, stronger - than - expected GDP growth in the second quarter, improvements
in business sentiment, a rise in capital goods orders and a small pick - up in industrial production in the past couple of months, though the performance of the labour market has so far remained disappointing.
Economic growth, strong profits and upbeat consumer and
business sentiment will help led the way, strategist Jonathan Golub says.
The Fed did express some optimism on Wednesday, saying in its statement that «measures of consumer and
business sentiment have improved of late.»
Business sentiment has run high since Trump was elected, with investors and companies expecting deregulation, tax reform and protectionist trade policies to fuel economic growth.
A steeper yield curve would increase the potential profitability of loans, just as the appetite for commercial and industrial loans looks set to jump due to positive economic news, tax reform incentives and improving
business sentiment.
«The robust job market should continue to support growth in household incomes and consumer spending, solid economic growth among our trading partners should lead to further gains in U.S. exports and upbeat
business sentiment and strong sales growth will likely continue to boost business investment,» Powell said.
While some of the recent data have been encouraging — I am thinking in particular of the latest data on exports, employment and
business sentiment in our BOS — they do not support a forecast of above - potential growth by themselves.
Business sentiment, according to the National Association of Purchasing Managers» survey, has also deteriorated and recent monthly data suggest that underlying employment growth has moderated a little.
This, in turn, has often promoted very similar movements in financial prices,
business sentiment, and even household behaviour.
They continue to play an important role in shaping financial market behaviour, and household and
business sentiment.
Last week we saw solid employment numbers and
business sentiment.