KOF Business Situation Indicator
The KOF Business Situation Indicator is based on over 4,500 Swiss enterprise respondents.
Each month, a survey is conducted among companies active in industry, retail, construction, project engineering, financial and insurance services as well as other service sectors. Companies in hotel and catering as well as wholesale are interviewed in the first month of every quarter.
Among other questions, the companies are asked to assess their current business situation on a scale ranging from “good” to “satisfactory” and “poor”. The balance of the current business situation is consistent with the difference between the percentages of “good” and “poor” assessments.
The Graph KOF Business Situation Indicator shows the seasonally adjusted figures of the KOF Business Situation for all sectors included in the survey. The figures for sectors with quarterly surveys remain unchanged in the interim months.
News
Slight easing of the business situation
The KOF Business Situation Indicator for the Swiss private sector showed a noticeably positive trend in May for the first time this year. Even though the business situation is currently much less favorable than at the beginning of the year. Business expectations for the coming six months are more confident than in the previous month. Despite the smouldering trade conflicts, Swiss companies breathed a sigh of relief in May.
Contact
KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092
Zürich
Switzerland