Business cycle surveys - July 2026
The confidence in the economy remains slightly above its long-term average
Publication Date: 24. 07. 2026
Product Code: 070008-26
Business confidence in the economy increased m-o-m across all segments - construction sector (+1.8 points), trade (+1.4 points), slightly in the industry (+0.3 points) and selected service sectors (+0.2 points).
Consumer confidence in the economy slightly decreased, m-o-m. The confidence indicator decreased by 0.9 points to 105.6. The share of consumers expecting a deterioration in the overall economic situation in Czechia over the next twelve months increased compared to June. The proportion of respondents assessing their current financial situation as worse than in the previous twelve months decreased. The share of households expecting an improvement in their financial situation over the next twelve months decreased m-o-m. The number of respondents not planning to make major purchases over the next twelve months remained unchanged.
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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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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: July 17, 2026
Consumer part: July 15, 2026
Next News Release: August 24, 2026
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Detailed time series of Balances and basic indices 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.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/indicators-statistics/economic-databases/business-and-consumer-surveys_en
Link to European database: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/euro-indicators/database