The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal that the economic condition remains the same as that in the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index is still 30 points. The upward trend since October 2015 has been broken in July 2016, when the Business Climate Index decreased from 33 points to 30 points. According to our results, this quarter is characterized by stagnation. (The Business Climate Index was only 24 points in the same period of the previous year.)

The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 35 points, which is slightly higher than in the previous quarter (it was 34 points in July 2016). The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

In sum, we can assess that the level of business climate is still favourable in October 2016, however, there were no improvement compared to July 2016, the value of the index stagnated.