Moody's Economy.com Survey of Business Confidence

This Week's Survey

Global business sentiment is fragile and has weakened measurably since peaking in the spring. Confidence has weakened across all industries and throughout the world. Most notable is the softening in responses regarding businesses’ assessments of present conditions and the outlook into early next year. The most encouraging aspect of the survey is that hiring and investment intentions have held up fairly well. Sentiment is consistent with a global economy that is still growing but at a rate that is below its potential.
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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.

Dismal Scientist subscribers receive exclusive access to the full results of the survey.

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