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

This statistic shows the outlook of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Italy on the state of the economy for the following six months from February 2016 to January 2018. From the respondents, in January 2018, 27 percent thought that the economy would be in a positive state while 36 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 Italy from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Jan '18	27%	37%	36%
Dec '17	24%	37%	38%
Nov '17	23%	40%	37%
Oct '17	27%	35%	38%
Sep '17	25%	40%	34%
Aug '17	24%	37%	39%
Jul '17	20%	36%	44%
Jun '17	19%	40%	41%
May '17	20%	38%	42%
Apr '17	19%	39%	43%
Mar '17	18%	36%	46%
Feb '17	19%	36%	45%
Jan '17	18%	35%	47%
Dec '16	16%	36%	48%
Nov '16	14%	42%	44%
Oct '16	14%	37%	50%
Sep '16	19%	35%	46%
Aug '16	19%	36%	45%
Jul '16	18%	39%	44%
Jun '16	19%	39%	42%
May '16	20%	39%	41%
Apr '16	19%	40%	41%
Mar '16	19%	38%	43%
Feb '16	20%	37%	44%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Italy

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 = 2,099
Mar '16 = 998
Apr '16 = 482
May '16 = 420
Jun '16 = 419
Jul '16 = 461
Aug '16 = 436
Sep '16 = 589
Oct '16 = 488
Nov '16 = 520
Dec '16 = 507
Jan '17= 494
Feb '17= 445.

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