France: SMEs opinion on the state of economy

In February 2017, 10 percent of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France believed that the French economy was in a positive state. On the other hand, more than 50 percent of the SMEs had the opinion, that the French economic situation was in a negative state.

Monthly opinion of SMEs on the state of the economy in France from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Jan '18	24%	41%	35%
Dec '17	21%	44%	35%
Nov '17	20%	45%	35%
Oct '17	19%	41%	39%
Sep '17	17%	45%	38%
Aug '17	15%	45%	40%
Jul '17	21%	45%	34%
Jun '17	16%	45%	38%
May '17	15%	41%	44%
Apr '17	11%	41%	48%
Mar '17	10%	34%	56%
Feb '17	10%	39%	51%
Jan '17	12%	37%	51%
Dec '16	12%	36%	52%
Nov '16	9%	39%	52%
Oct '16	7%	34%	59%
Sep '16	7%	37%	56%
Aug '16	9%	36%	55%
Jul '16	10%	36%	54%
Jun '16	8%	36%	56%
May '16	8%	33%	60%
Apr '16	9%	39%	53%
Mar '16	8%	38%	54%
Feb '16	8%	33%	59%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: How would you evaluate the current state of the economy overall?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 2006
Mar '16 = 854
Apr '16 = 511
May '16 = 433
Jun '16 = 430
Jul '16 = 417
Aug '16 = 530
Sep '16 = 553
Oct '16 = 465
Nov '16 = 534
Dec '16 = 380
Jan '17 = 603
Feb '17 = 482
Mar '17 = 456
Apr '17 = 464
May '17 = 406
Jun '17 = 491
Jul '17 = 421
Aug '17 = 395
Sep '17 = 666
Oct '17 = 417
Nov '17 = 788
Dec '17 = 424
Jan '18 = 454