The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) publishes its Business Barometer (BB) quarterly to provide timely information about the developments of economic activity in Egypt based on a survey as well as an assessment of macroeconomic indicators produced by the relevant authorities. The survey covers an assessment by a sample of firms of economic growth and results of own operations in terms of production, domestic sales, exports, commodity inventories, capacity utilization, prices, wages, employment and investment during the quarter under review as well as their outlook for the same set of variables in the upcoming quarter.