Sentences with phrase «measure of business confidence»

But one measure of business confidence improved in October, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The decline in this measure of business confidence has, however, been somewhat more marked than the declines in indicators of firms» employment and capital expenditure plans recorded in the same survey (Graph 17).

Survey measures of business confidence have lifted from the very low levels seen at the beginning of the year to be close to their long - run average.

Euro - wide measures of business confidence are holding above long - run average levels and could help support a continuing recovery.

Industrial production and exports have risen in recent months and most measures of business confidence are considerably firmer than earlier in the year (Graph 8).

Not exact matches

What's interesting here is that according to other metrics, the economy and job market have improved, and so too have other measures of confidence, including surveys of consumers, small businesses and homebuilders.

Starting a small business takes research, smarts and self - confidence — and a measure of fearlessness.

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

These include: the macroeconomic effects of the new mortgage rules; the likely path of our exports; the impacts of the federal government's fiscal measures, which are just beginning to be felt; and the effects on business confidence of the US election.

It is noteworthy that, although measures of consumer and business confidence suggest that people are essentially quite optimistic about the future, a degree of caution still characterises consumer spending decisions.

Other evidence included a European Commission survey of economic sentiment among eurozone businesses and consumers, which climbed to its highest level since 2000, and a measure of French business confidence, which registered a 10 - year high.

The eurozone's manufacturing PMI for February rose to its best level since 2011, and a leading measure of German business confidence for the same month climbed back up to the four - year high seen at the end of 2016.

Conditions for many businesses have picked up over recent months, with measures of confidence improving in line with signs of renewed strength in the domestic and world economies.

Adobe's senior vice president and general manager of its digital marketing business unit, Brad Rencher, says: «AudienceResearch has the potential to provide the industry with a reliable, cross-channel currency for measuring digital audience size and engagement, bringing greater confidence into the digital advertising planning, buying, and selling process.»