Business Expectations Survey

Business sentiments rose in 2023–24: Q2 as compared to last quarter The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 126th Round of its Business Expectations Survey (BES) in September 2023, with support from the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). NCAER has...   Read More

Business sentiments turned buoyant in 2022–23: Q4, rising both sequentially and in comparison to the corresponding period last year, though sentiments about business prospects for the next six months remain mixed. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 124th Round of its...   Read More

The Business Confidence Index is higher than it was a year ago but has softened sequentially The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 123rd Round of its Business Expectations Survey (BES) in December 2022, with support from the National Stock Exchange of...   Read More

NCAER-NSE Business Expectations Survey for 2022–23: Q2 The Business Confidence Index is higher than it was a year ago but has softened sequentially New Delhi (Tuesday, October 26, 2022): The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 122nd Round of its Business Expectations...   Read More

Business confidence across the industry declined in the September quarter over the previous three months due to an all-pervasive worsening of business sentiment said a survey by economic think tank NCAER on Monday. NCAER's Business Confidence Index (BCI) an indicator of business sentiment across Indian industry stood at 103.1 in the second quarter of 2019-20...   Read More

The business sentiment in the country fell by 16 per cent in January over the previous quarter says a survey by economic think-tank NCAER. Prior to this the N-BCI had risen consecutively for two quarters in July (2.2 per cent) and October 2016 (7.2 per cent) on a q-o-q basis the National Council of Applied...   Read More

Economic think-tank NCAER's business confidence index (BCI) registered a sequential increase of 2.2 per cent in June quarter of 2016-17 mainly driven by improvement in perception about economic conditions and financial position of firms... The think-tank said BCI is developed on the basis of responses to four questions. Two of these are devoted to macro factors and the other two...   Read More

Press Release The Business Confidence Index Quarter 1 2014-15 NCAER    Continued Upward Trajectory: Business Confidence on its Accelerated Growth Trend   The BCI rose by 13 per cent in June 2014 over April 2014 overshadowing the 3.8 per cent increase in April 2014 over January 2014. Out of the four components of BCI three...   Read More