This edition of Business Barometer (BB) presents the survey results of a stratified panel of 474 firms regarding their perceptions about the performance of the Egyptian economy and own business for the second quarter of FY14/15 (October-December 2014) and their outlook for the third quarter of FY14/15 (January-March 2015), respectively. The results come at the time the business community is anticipating the Egypt Economic Development Conference and the upcoming parliamentary elections, both expected in March 2015.