India ranks second on business confidence index

04 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Indian economy is still rated high on the business confidence index preceded only by Brazil. The two developing economies topping the index only confirms the fact that the current global economy is being driven by emerging economies. The US economy has also gained a few points on the index whereas Japan continues to score low.

The global index called the Regus Business Confidence Index is a bi-annual index based on a survey of views on revenue, profit trends and expected growth. According to the latest report, which tracks the opinions of over 16,000 business managers and owners from 86 countries, business confidence in Brazil has reached 148 points in March followed by India 143 points. The benchmark average is set at 100 to indicate a neutral outlook.

India’s position has, however, dipped by 2 index points as compared to the earlier figures of September 2011. Brazil on the other hand has notched up 2 points. Japan is on the other end of the index scoring only 82 points.

As per the report, Indian companies reporting a growth in revenue has gone upto 69% as compared to 52% six months ago. However companies reporting profit growth has come down a tad bit by 1% and is at 58%. The report has also observed that in order to grasp the growth opportunities in a sustainable way, businesses globally are still looking to cut overheads without damaging their growth prospects.

Among other countries, Germany confirmed its place as the third most confident nation at 132 in spite of a negative variation on September 2011. Mexico and South Africa were up seven points and two points respectively at 109 and 117 while UK was down one point to 113. The United States rose 15 points to score a 105. The report said revenue growth at global level remains the same at 51 per cent in March 2012 compared to six months ago. However 75% of respondents expect revenue growth in the next six months.

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