Hong Kong Business Confidence

Business confidence in Hong Kong increased sharply to -1 in the second quarter of 2019 from -12 in the previous period. Expectations rose for information & communication (13 from -3 in Q1); financing & insurance (9 from -8); real estate (6 from -5); transportation, storage and courier services (-1 from -13); manufacturing (-1 from -3); construction (-22 from -23); import/export trade and wholesale (-8 from -23) and professional & business services (-4 from -7). In contrast, prospects deteriorated for accommodation and food services (-9 from -5) and retail (-8 from -6). Business Confidence in Hong Kong averaged 7.44 Index Points from 2006 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 32 Index Points in the third quarter of 2006 and a record low of -53 Index Points in the first quarter of 2009.

Business Confidence in Hong Kong is expected to be -8.00 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Business Confidence in Hong Kong to stand at 6.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Hong Kong Business Confidence is projected to trend around 4.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-20	08:30 AM	Business Confidence	6	8	9
2018-10-19	08:30 AM	Business Confidence	2	6	5
2019-01-18	08:30 AM	Business Confidence	-12	2	-3.36
2019-04-26	08:40 AM	Business Confidence	-1	-12	-8
2019-07-19	08:30 AM	Business Confidence		-1	-3
2019-10-18	08:30 AM	Business Confidence			5

Hong Kong Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-1.00	-12.00	32.00	-53.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	48.40	48.00	53.30	44.40		[+]
Industrial Production	1.30	1.20	7.10	-12.50	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-6879.00	-2562.00	37052.00	-17455.00	HKD Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	13241.00	13332.00	16200.00	409.00	Companies	[+]
Car Registrations	2529.00	2487.00	6154.00	332.00		[+]
Internet Speed	21908.83	21943.39	21943.39	6090.98	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	3132077.00	3045927.00	3132077.00	1589168.00	IP	[+]
Competitiveness Index	82.25	81.99	82.25	5.22	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	7.00	7.00	12.00	7.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	4.00	5.00	5.00	2.00		[+]
Corruption Index	76.00	77.00	84.00	70.10	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	14.00	13.00	18.00	12.00		[+]

In Hong Kong, the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey measures the expectations of entrepreneurs regarding changes in business situation in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter. The survey covers a sample of 560 senior managers from the main sectors of the economy: manufacturing; construction; wholesale and retail trade; accommodation and food services; transportation, storage and courier services; information and communications; financing and insurance; real estate; and professional and business services sectors. The survey result is presented as a net balance: the difference between the percentage of respondents choosing “a better outlook” and that choosing "a worse outlook". A positive sign indicates a likely upward trend while a negative sign, a likely downward trend. This page provides - Hong Kong Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Hong Kong Business Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-1.00	-12.00	32.00	-53.00	2006 - 2019	Index Points	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	0.00	Apr/19	-0.1	21 : -30	Index Points
Brazil	58.40	Apr/19	61.9	68.5 : 35	Index Points
Canada	55.90	Apr/19	54.3	75 : 36.1	Index Points
China	50.10	Apr/19	50.5	59.2 : 38.8	Index Points
Euro Area	0.42	Apr/19	0.54	1.62 : -3.3	Index Points
France	101.00	Apr/19	103	124 : 66	Index Points
Germany	99.20	Apr/19	99.7	110 : 79.8	Index Points
India	113.50	Jun/19	116	128 : 96.4	Index Points
Indonesia	102.10	Mar/19	105	122 : 95.12	Index Points
Italy	100.60	Apr/19	101	122 : 71.6	Index Points
Japan	12.00	Mar/19	19	53 : -58	Index Points
Mexico	53.00	Apr/19	52.8	58.6 : 34	Index Points
Netherlands	6.70	Apr/19	6.1	10.9 : -23.5	Index Points
Russia	-2.00	Apr/19	-2	7 : -20	Index Points
Saudi Arabia	3.00	Jun/16	-12	63 : -12	Index Points
Singapore	1.00	Mar/19	-14	54 : -57	Index Points
South Africa	28.00	Mar/19	31	92 : 12	Index Points
South Korea	75.00	Apr/19	73	119 : 35	Index Points
Spain	-3.80	Apr/19	-2.4	8.5 : -39	Index Points
Switzerland	96.20	Apr/19	97.1	119 : 71.8	Index Points
Turkey	105.50	Apr/19	102	123 : 52.6	Index Points
United Kingdom	-13.00	Jun/19	-23	55 : -75	Index Points
United States	52.80	Apr/19	55.3	77.5 : 29.4	Index Points