The Thomson Reuters & OeKB CEE Business Climate Index gives you significant insights into economic trends in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from the perspective of direct investors in the region. It provides you with a variety of economic indicators which enable you to assess the current and future performance of companies and the countries in CEE at a very early stage.
The Index applies the concept of business tendency surveys to foreign investors based in Austria in order to monitor their business situation and investment activities and to forecast short term developments. The qualitative panel survey is conducted four times a year and includes 19 Central and Eastern European Countries*.
Economic benefits
There are some main benefits of the Thomson Reuters & OeKB CEE Business Climate Index for analysts, asset managers, small and medium-sized enterprises and companies operating on a global level, such as:
- Trends and turnarounds can be identified at a very early stage, a long time before statistical figures show significant results.
- Future CEE investors benefit from the experience of companies already active in the region.
- Companies operating in CEE are able to benchmark their business activities.
- Business analysts and asset managers have a valuable tool to compare and combine their own assessments of the markets with the findings of the Index.
- Consultants and market analysts can rely on up-to-date indicators showing country and industry specific strengths and weaknesses.
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*The following countries are covered by the Thomson Reuters & OeKB CEE Business Climate Index: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.