Business Confidence

Q2 biz confidence drops on US tariff; 1st fall after 3 qtrs of improvement

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) showed stable confidence, with their BCI inching up marginally from 137.1 to 138.2

Goyal highlights 'India Opportunity' at India-France Business Conference

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal addressed the India-France Business Conference on Tuesday (local time), highlighting the 'India Opportunity', driven by a skilled and talented workforce and the government's commitment to ease of doing business, and how it offers promising avenue for French companies.In a post on X, Goyal stated, "It was a pleasure to address the India-France Business Conference, which brought together several Indian and French companies. Highlighted the 'India Opportunity', driven by a skilled & talented workforce and the government's commitment to ease of doing business, and how it offers promising avenues for French companies. Encouraged companies from both sides to collaborate by building on shared interests and leveraging each other's competencies. Deeper engagement between our businesses will play a significant role in further strengthening the India-France strategic partnership."He also addressed the India-France CEO Forum Small Group .

Announcement of India-US trade agreement has boosted biz confidence: Goyal

The announcement to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement between India and the US has boosted business confidence in both countries, as it can help further strengthen economic ties by leveraging their competitive strengths, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. During the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, India and the US announced to more than double the two-way commerce to USD 500 billion by 2030 and negotiate the first tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector bilateral trade agreement (BTA) by fall of 2025. "The Prime Minister has brought back with him an agreement or an understanding to enter into a trade deal by fall of this year. I think, it gives a lot of confidence and a lot of relief to every business person in the US and in India who believe that together, we can truly transform world trade, together with our competitive strengths in different areas, we can truly work as two friends, as two partners for progress and ...

Nov Flash PMI: Charge inflation hits 12-year high, but biz confidence rises

HSBC Flash November PMI: Composite output index rises to 59.5, up from October's final reading of 59.1. Manufacturing PMI dips to 60.2, services PMI rises to 59.2

Boots on the ground: Businesses correspondent model needs mending

The business correspondent channel for financial inclusion is calling for a pay raise, investments and an end to penalties

European business confidence in China is at all-time low, says report

China must reprioritise economic growth and reforms and boost investor confidence by levelling the playing field for all companies in the country, a European business group said Wednesday. With business confidence now at an all-time low over lagging domestic demand and overcapacity in certain industries, the annual European Business in China Position Paper called on China to open its economy and allow a more free market to determine resource allocation. It also recommended introducing policies to boost domestic demand. Profit margins in China are at or below the global average for two-thirds of the companies surveyed earlier in the year, according to the paper published Wednesday by the European Chamber of Commerce in China. In August, China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation over European Union tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. It also launched anti-dumping and subsidies investigations of European dairy products, brandy and pork exports. The tit-for-tat .

Champions of investor trust: 10 stocks with institutional seal of approval

Business Standard examines the S&P BSE 200 group of stocks in which the two investor categories have shown the most confidence

India's February services PMI eases to 60.6 on low business confidence

Despite having slipped, the headline index was comfortably above the neutral mark of 50.0 and signalled a sharp rate of expansion that was well above the series history

Positive momentum in Q1 business indicators like GST collection: CII survey

The CII Business Confidence Index rose to 66.1 in April-June from 64 in the previous quarter, reflecting the positive momentum in a host of high frequency indicators such as GST collection and air & rail passenger traffic. Majority of the over 180 firms surveyed in the Business Outlook Survey (63 per cent) expect India's GDP growth to be 6-7 per cent in the current fiscal, decelerating from 7.2 per cent in the previous year, attributing it to global headwinds and uncertainties. "It is important for the RBI to stick with a pause on the interest rate to preserve the growth impulses. This was emphasised in the survey results, as 53 per cent of the respondents expected the RBI to maintain status quo on the key interest rates in the first half of the current fiscal," CII stated. Notably, 65 per cent respondents are of the view that the fresh sightings in private investment will be sustained in the current fiscal. There are several factors which are driving private capex such as ...

Business confidence recovers from lows of 2019-20 and pandemic yrs: NCAER

Business confidence has recovered from the lows of the pre-pandemic (201920) and the following two pandemic years, though sentiments continued to soften sequentially in the three quarters of the current fiscal, economic think-tank NCAER said. The NCAER-NSE Business Confidence Index (BCI) was higher at 126.6 in the third quarter of 202223 than the year-ago's level of 124.4. "However, sentiments continued to soften sequentially in the first, second and third quarters of 202223," it said. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) further said sentiments relating to macro conditions remained relatively buoyant in the third quarter of 202223 as compared to the second. The share of positive responses increased for the component overall economic conditions will improve in the next six months' and remained unchanged for the component present investment climate is positive'. In contrast, sentiments pertaining to firms' own conditions softened between the two quarters for th

96% MSMEs in India optimistic about 2023, expect profits to rise: Report

Two in every three MSMEs expect the profit to jump by over 30 per cent: MSME Business Confidence Study

Japan business confidence rebounds to pre-pandemic levels in 1st quarter

Japan big manufacturers' sentiment improved to pre-Covid levels in the first quarter while companies stepped up capital spending plans, suggesting the economy was benefiting from a recovery in demand

Experimentation not a substitute for intuition, says Stefan Thomke

Ensure that experimentation is just as natural as looking at the financial numbers on a daily basis, Thomke tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

Policy instability reigns

Investors will see government action as primary risk

Business confidence of India Inc drops 9.1% in Q4FY19, shows survey

But, political confidence index (PCI) of businesses was up 12.1 per cent in Q4 on a quarterly basis

Asian business confidence wallows near 3-year low on trade war worries

The dispute between the world's two biggest economies, threatens businesses throughout the region due to global value chains

Nothing is permanent

The law of diminishing marginal utility is likely to catch up with the BJP

India Inc's business optimism for July-September touches 8-quarter high: D&B

Meanwhile, the progress of the monsoon and the geographical spread of rains augur well for rural demand

Recovery in business confidence continues for 2nd quarter: D&B

The D&B Composite Business Optimism Index stood at 81.1 during the second quarter of 2016