For the first time in 11 months, businesses have report positive expectations for their activities. In March, the Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI) surpassed the neutral level for the first time in 11 months, registering at 51.8 compared to 46.9 in February 2025 (and 52 in March 2024). The... #BusinessActivityExpectations #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #UkraineIndustry
Business activity remains stable, but falling employee numbers and rising prices for goods and services is expected. The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI) in January 2025 was 41, matching the level from January 2024. The challenging security situation hindered the BAEI’s dynamics, along with a lack o... #BusinessActivityExpectations #LaborMarketUkraine #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy
The business community has softened its negative expectations; the construction sector feels the most confident. The Business Activity Expectation Index (BAEI) increased to 44.4 in July from 43.6 in June but is still below this year’s high of 52.3, recorded in April. Adaptability to energy supply problems,... #BusinessActivityExpectations #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises
How does a business assess its state and prospects? The number of EBA member companies operating at full capacity has decreased from 78% to 64% compared to the beginning of the year. In particular, 45% of the surveyed top managers assess their business... #BusinessActivityExpectations #EBA #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Business expectations in Ukraine worsened for the second month in a row. In June, businesses again negatively evaluated the results of their activity. According to the NBU, index of expectations of business activity decreased to 43.6 from 48 in May. Rising costs due to ele... #BusinessActivityExpectations #businessinukraine #nbu #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy
What hinders the work of food producers in Ukraine and globally? According to global consulting firm WTW, 48% of the world’s food and beverage companies cite business interruption as the biggest internal risk to their success. Supply chain risks come in next ... #BusinessActivityExpectations #FoodProcessing #FoodProducts #GlobalEconomy #WTW
NBU: After five months of declining sentiment, Ukrainian businesses have improved their expectations. According to the NBU Business Activity Expectations Index, the increase in sea and rail transportation, the preservation of a stable situation on the foreign exchange market, low inflationary expectat... #BusinessActivityExpectations #businessinukraine #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy
The index of business activity expectations in Ukraine has worsened. The index of business activity expectations, which the NBU calculates every month, decreased to 41.0 in January from 45.7 in December 2023. Given the growing pressure from production costs and logisti... #BusinessActivityExpectations #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #бізнесвУкраїні
This fall, Ukrainian consumers’ optimism has fallen to its lowest level since last summer. The Ukrainian consumer sentiment index decreased by 2.8 points to 79.9 points in October. This is the lowest that the indicator has been since August 2022, when it was 75.3 points. At the same time, t... #BusinessActivityExpectations #ConsumerPrices #financeUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Ukrainian business modestly assessed the results of its work in October. “Remaining significant security risks, destruction of production facilities, exporters’ logistical restrictions, narrowing of investment demand, growth of fuel prices, and shortage of qualified ... #BusinessActivityExpectations #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #бізнесвУкраїні
In September, the recovery in Ukraine’s production slowed down. According to the Institute of Economic Research, the share of enterprises operating at almost full (75%-99%) and total capacity (100% and more) has been gradually decreasing for three months in a row ... #BusinessActivityExpectations #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkrainianEnterprises #бізнесвУкраїні
The biggest obstacle for Ukrainian businesses during the war is rising prices. Difficulties with transportation, a decrease in demand for goods, and a lack of labor are joined by the cost of raw materials, according to the results of an April study by the IER. Although it is not... #BusinessActivityExpectations #BusinessduringWar #businessinukraine #ObstacleForBusiness
For the first time in 1.5 years, Ukrainian business has improved its assessment of its prospects. For the first time since October 2021, the Business Activity Expectations Index rose to 51.5 points in April from 49.5 in March and crossed the neutral level (50 points), according to a study by the N... #BusinessActivityExpectations #businessinukraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy
Business expectations have returned to pre-war levels due to the energy system’s stabilization and improved consumer sentiment. According to the expectations index of business activity by the National Bank, enterprises in all sectors involved in the survey more optimistically assessed the results and prospects of their activit... #BusinessActivityExpectations #UkraineBusinessActivity
Ukrainian business activity expectations have declined due to quarantine restrictions. The business activity expectations index (IODA) in October 2021 was 51.4 (in September – 53.1), reported the NBU. A month of hard lockdown will cost the economy 0.3% of ... #BusinessActivityExpectations #businessinukraine #UkraineBusinessActivity
