Business sentiment

BRITISH company executives became a little more optimistic following finance minister Rachel Reeves’ budget and grew more willing to increase investment, although the mood overall stayed muted, a surv...

The Business Optimism Index falls to 4.3 percentage points for the period, dipping from 4.5 percentage points in the prior quarter

Rising manpower costs remain most-cited manpower challenge

Manpower costs, uncertainty in external demand and rental costs are weighing down businesses

[SYDNEY] New Zealand’s business confidence jumped in November to its highest level in 11 years, suggesting an economic recovery was underway, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Thursday.

[LONDON] Britain’s Institute of Directors (IoD) said business confidence had fallen to its lowest in more than nine years in a survey published on Wednesday that pointed to job cuts and lower investme...

[SYDNEY] New Zealand’s business confidence was unchanged in September though firms expect better business conditions ahead despite a sluggish economy, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Tuesday.

[SHANGHAI] Political tensions, fierce domestic competition and China’s slowing economic growth are sapping the confidence of US businesses in the country, with optimism about their five-year outlook f...

[SYDNEY] A measure of Australian business conditions picked up in August as firms reported better profits and employment, while input costs grew at the slowest pace since 2021 in a promising sign for ...