Germany: SMEs outlook on economy for the next 6 months 2016-2018

This statistic shows the outlook of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Germany on the state of the economy for the following six months from February 2016 to January 2018. From the respondents, during the most recent period, 53 percent thought that the economy would be in a positive state while 9 percent believed it would be in a negative state in six months.

Monthly outlook of the SMEs on the state of the economy for the following six months in Germany from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Jan '18	53%	38%	9%
Dec '17	50%	39%	11%
Nov '17	53%	36%	11%
Oct '17	50%	37%	12%
Sep '17	48%	43%	9%
Aug '17	4%	44%	11%
Jul '17	45%	43%	11%
Jun '17	52%	40%	8%
May '17	54%	37%	9%
Apr '17	45%	42%	12%
Mar '17	42%	47%	11%
Feb '17	38%	45%	17%
Jan '17	40%	43%	17%
Dec '16	37%	47%	15%
Nov '16	30%	52%	18%
Oct '16	38%	49%	13%
Sep '16	40%	48%	12%
Aug '16	38%	48%	14%
Jul '16	34%	50%	16%
Jun '16	39%	46%	14%
May '16	35%	48%	18%
Apr '16	39%	48%	13%
Mar '16	39%	47%	15%
Feb '16	36%	48%	16%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: What is your outlook for the next 6 months on the economy overall?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 1,849
Mar '16 = 1,185
Apr '16 = 527
May '16 = 451
Jun '16 = 469
Jul '16 = 450
Aug '16 = 473
Sep '16 = 528
Oct '16 = 498
Nov '16 = 530
Dec '16 = 422
Jan '17= 538
Feb '17= 416.

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