Moody's Economy.com Survey of Business Confidence

This Week's Survey

Global business confidence is edging slowly higher. The four-week moving average of sentiment rose to its highest level last week since just before the start of the global recession in late 2007. Sentiment is about the same across the globe, with South Americans a bit more upbeat and North Americans a bit less so. Despite the gain in confidence, businesses remain very cautious, with their mood consistent with only a tentative global economic recovery. Businesses are most upbeat when responding to broader questions about current conditions and the outlook into this summer. They remain cautious when responding to specific questions about sales, pricing, inventories and hiring.
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About the Survey

The Moody's Economy.com Survey of Business Confidence is a weekly economic indicator that is released each Monday on Dismal Scientist (www.dismal.com), Moody's Economy.com's real-time global economic analysis service.

Each week Dismal Scientist surveys its subscribers—key decision makers and planners from a diverse array of companies worldwide that have unique insights into the performance and concerns of their respective companies—on current and future business conditions, plans, and concerns. Since its introduction in 2005, the Survey of Business Confidence has proved to be a unique and insightful indicator of the global economy across regions and industries.

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