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 as well as financial and insurance services. Companies in hotel and catering, wholesale and other services 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.