Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Q3 2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
92.00 POINT on Dec 31, 1980
Lowest
5.00 POINT on Jun 30, 2020
About South Africa Business Confidence Index
In South Africa, the BER Business Confidence Index covers 1,400 business people in the building sector, 1,400 in the trade sector and 1,000 in manufacturing. The survey assesses the level of optimism that senior executives in the companies have about current and expected developments regarding sales, orders, employment, inventories and selling prices. The index varies on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 indicates an extreme lack of confidence, 50 neutrality and 100 extreme confidence.