Business cycle surveys - April 2024

Confidence in the economy among entrepreneurs increased in the industry (+3.6 points) and the selected services sector (+ 2.6 points). The decrease is monitored in the construction sector by 2.4 points and the slightly decrease is reflected in the trade (- 0.3 points).

Consumer confidence increased for the fourth time in a row. The confidence indicator rose by 3.9 points to a value of 103.8. The number of respondents expecting a deterioration in the overall economic situation in the next twelve months decreased for the fourth time in a row. The number of consumers assessing their current financial situation worse than in the previous twelve months has decreased. The number of respondents expecting a deterioration in their financial situation in the next twelve months is unchanged. The share of consumers who believe that the current time is not suitable for making major purchases has not changed compared to the previous month.

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More detailed information on the development of business and consumer confidence can be found in the supplementary information to the RI business surveys.
 

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Notes:

Responsible manager: Juraj Lojka, Director of Business Statistics Coordination and Business Cycle Surveys Department, tel. +420731439291, e-mail: juraj.lojka@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Jiri Obst, Head of Business Cycle Surveys Unit, tel. +420604815440, e-mail: jiri.obst@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO business survey, Data Collect consumer survey (https://www.datacollect.cz)
Data collection date: Business part: April 17, 2024
Consumer part: April 15, 2024
Next News Release: May 24, 2024

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Detailed time series of Balances and basicindices of confidence indicators: https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/kpr_ts
Business and Consumers Surveys are co-financed by grant agreements of the European Commission DG ECFIN.
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Link to European database: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/euro-indicators/database