Business cycle surveys - September 2026
Consumer confidence in the economy increased m-o-m, while business confidence decreased
Publication Date: 24. 09. 2026
Product Code: 070008-26
Business confidence in the economy increased in September only in trade (+1.7 points). It decreased by 2.3 points in selected services sectors, by 2.0 points in industry, and by a modest 0.6 points in construction.
Consumer confidence increased m-o-m. The confidence indicator rose by 2.8 points to 105.1. The share of consumers expecting the overall economic situation in Czechia to deteriorate over the next twelve months decreased m-o-m. The share of respondents who assess their current financial situation as worse than it was in the previous twelve months remained virtually unchanged compared with August. The share of households expecting their financial situation to improve over the next twelve months increased slightly. The share of respondents not planning to make major purchases over the next twelve months decreased slightly.
***
More detailed information on the development of business and consumer confidence can be found in the supplementary information to the RI business surveys.
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: September 17, 2026
Consumer part: September 15, 2026
Next News Release: October 26, 2026
This press release wasn´t edited for language.
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.
Link to European database: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/euro-indicators/database