Dataset Information

Data available from 1969-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Source: BER

This dataset includes quarterly business confidence index published by Bureau for Economic Research (BER).The composite RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) is the unweighted mean of five sectoral indices, namely that of manufactures, building contractors, retailers, wholesalers and new vehicle dealers. Business confidence can vary between 0 and 100, where 0 indicates an extreme lack of confidence, 50 neutrality and 100 extreme confidence. For more information about methodology please refer to: https://www.ber.ac.za/About-BER/Product-offering/Surveys/Surveys-Method/.