Business Confidence Retreats

SACCI’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) for March 2019 declined by 1,6 to 91,8 compared to the February 2019 figure, and 5.8 below the March 2018 figure of 97.6. Six of the thirteen sub-indices of the BCI improved on their February 2019 readings, four declined and three remained unchanged. The rand exchange rate against the major […]

Business Mood in Anticipation

SACCI today released the November 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) supplemented the more positive business mood in November 2017 after increasing from 92.9 in October 2017 to 95.1 in November 2017 – an …..

Tentative Business Climate

SACCI today released the May 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Heightened political tensions, additional economic policy uncertainty and lower credit ratings by rating agencies that converged towards the end of March 2017, continued to effect the business climate negatively in May 2017. The May 2017 SACCI Business Confidence […]

Business Confidence under pressure

  SACCI today released the March 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) pulled back by 1.7 index points to 93.8 in March 2017 from 95.5 in February 2017. This is the first month since November 2016 that the SACCI BCI declined year-on-year after […]

Business in Anticipation

  SACCI today released the February 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg.   The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined by 2.2 index points from 97.7 in January 2017 to 95.5 in February 2017.  The index nevertheless improved by 2.8 points on the February 2016 level of 92.7 and […]

Business Confidence in Anticipation

  SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for December 2016 at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained almost steady with a small decline of 0.1 index point between 93.9 in November 2016 and the 93.8 of December 2016. The severe year-on-year decline ….