France: SMEs outlook on economy for the next 6 months

In January 2018, 47 percent of the French small and medium enterprises (SMEs) thought that the economy would be in a positive state in the next 6 months. Whereas 15 percent believed that by July 2017, the economy would be in a negative situation.

Monthly outlook of the SMEs in France on the state of the economy for the following six months from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Positive	Neutral	Negative
Jan '18	47%	38%	15%
Dec '17	44%	41%	15%
Nov '17	42%	41%	18%
Oct '17	43%	40%	17%
Sep '17	39%	45%	17%
Aug '17	36%	44%	20%
Jul '17	41%	43%	16%
Jun '17	41%	44%	15%
May '17	39%	23%	18%
Apr '17	30%	28%	21%
Mar '17	30%	42%	28%
Feb '17	28%	43%	28%
Jan '17	31%	45%	24%
Dec '16	27%	40%	33%
Nov '16	25%	43%	32%
Oct '16	26%	39%	35%
Sep '16	23%	46%	31%
Aug '16	26%	46%	28%
Jul '16	24%	45%	31%
Jun '16	26%	40%	34%
May '16	24%	42%	33%
Apr '16	30%	42%	28%
Mar '16	27%	41%	32%
Feb '16	24%	42%	33%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

France

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: What is your outlook for the next 6 months on the economy overall?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 2006
Mar '16 = 854
Apr '16 = 511
May '16 = 433
Jun '16 = 430
Jul '16 = 417
Aug '16 = 530
Sep '16 = 553
Oct '16 = 465
Nov '16 = 534
Dec '16 = 380
Jan '17 = 603
Feb '17 = 482
Mar '17 = 456
Apr '17 = 464
May '17 = 406
Jun '17 = 491
Jul '17 = 421
Aug '17 = 395
Sep '17 = 666
Oct '17 = 417
Nov '17 = 788
Dec '17 = 424
Jan '18 = 454