Business Confidence Index drops 15% in Q2FY20: NCAER

13 Nov 2019 Evaluate

Economic think tank, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in its latest survey has said its Business Confidence Index (BCI), an indicator of business sentiment across Indian industry, stood at 103.1 in the second quarter of current financial year (Q2FY20), falling 15.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter, despite a small reprieve in July 2019. Business confidence across the industry declined on account of an all-pervasive worsening of business sentiment.

The BCI fell 22.5 per cent during the Q2FY20, as compared to the year-ago period. This is based on the 110th Round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out by NCAER. It mentioned that the numbers suggest a deep and all-pervasive worsening of business sentiments.

All five sectors covered by NCAER's BES -- consumer non-durables, consumer durables, intermediate goods, capital goods and services -- showed a deterioration of business sentiment. The BCI of each of the sectors registered double-digit decline of 11.4 per cent, 11.4 per cent, 21.4 per cent, 18.3 per cent and 13.1 per cent, respectively in September quarter as against the previous three months.

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