This edition of Business Barometer offers a periodic evaluation conducted by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies of a sample of 120 private sector firms covering various sectors and sizes. The survey reflects the views of the business community regarding developments across several variables, specifically: Production, domestic sales and exports, inventory, level of capacity utilization, […]
This report presents a periodic assessment carried out by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies of a sample of 120 private sector firms covering various sectors and sizes. The assessment reflects the opinion of the business community regarding developments in a set of variables, namely: production, domestic sales, exports, inventory, level of capacity utilization, prices, […]
The disruptions in global supply chains and the waves of inflation that the world witnessed as a result of the rise in energy prices, raw materials, and shipping costs were reflected in the decline of the Business Barometer Index by three points from the average level during the quarter (October-December 2021). Secondly, by analyzing the […]
The Business Barometer Index (BBI) stabilized during FY Q1 (July-September 2021) at the neutral level, in spite of the numerous challenges faced by the business community, most notably: market recession, and rising input prices and shipping costs due to global supply chain disruptions. Although the outlook index gained one point above the neutral level, expectations […]
The pandemic continued to impact the performance of businesses in Egypt. The business performance index declined slightly during the quarter under study (April – June 2021), scoring 49 points. However, this decline has improved over that of the previous quarter, as well as the corresponding quarter in 2020, which witnessed the largest decline due to […]
This issue reviews an evaluation of the sample companies’ performance and business results during the second quarter (October-December 2020) of the fiscal year 2020/2021, compared to the first quarter (July-September 2020) of the same fiscal year. It also summarizes the outlook of these companies for the next quarter (January – March 2021).
This is the second issue of the Business Barometer under COVID-19. It aims to follow up and capture the impact of the pandemic on the business community, given the government measures adopted in response to the crisis in order to reduce the decline in economic activity. The Business Barometer Index (BBI) improved during Q1 FY […]
This issue of the Business Barometer comes at an exceptional time; as the world is waging a fierce battle against the Corona virus (COVID-19). It aims to explore the impact of the disease on businesses, especially in light of the measures taken by the Government to deal with the crisis and contain the decline in […]
According to this issue of the Business Barometer, firms’ performance in the second quarter of FY2019/2020 (October-December 2019) slightly improved compared to the preceding quarter, recording 52 points (two points above the neutral level of 50 pts). However, these results should be read with caution for two reasons: firstly, according to the survey results, firms […]
This edition of BB provides an assessment of the performance of a sample of firms and results of their operations in the first quarter of FY2019/2020 (July-September 2019). It also summarizes their expectations for overall economic performance as well as own activities for the second quarter (October-December 2019). As of this issue, a new question […]