Index of Business Confidence
Updated: August 24, 2023
The Eighth Consecutive Plunge in Confidence
The latest drop adds to an already historic downward spell where the index has fallen in eight straight quarters. Our recent survey indicates that high interest rates and rising labour costs were once again the two most popular factors adversely affecting firms’ planned investment levels in Canada. The survey was conducted between July 5 and July 26, 2023.
August 24, 2023 • 4-min read
2.9 points to 71.5
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Our widely respected Index of Business Confidence captures the views of senior executives of private Canadian corporations. It delves into the state of their businesses’ sales and finances, their investment plans, and their expectations for the Canadian economy over the coming six months.
This quarterly index is used by the Bank of Canada as a measure of capacity and inflation pressure as it sets monetary and financial markets policy. The index also informs our in-house national economic outlook.
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