The global business barometer measures overall confidence by looking at the balance of those who think global business conditions will improve over the next six months against those who expect them to worsen.
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Economist/FT's quarterly global business barometer 2011-2015, by industry
This statistic shows the Economist/FT's quarterly global business barometer from the second quarter 2011 to second quarter 2015. As of second quarter 2015, the balance of respondents working in manufacturing expecting business conditions to improve stood at **** percent, indicating that more surveyed senior executives were of the opinion that the economy would improve than get worse.
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Financial Times, & The Economist. (June 4, 2015). Quarterly global business barometer by Economist/FT from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by industry [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/
Financial Times, und The Economist. "Quarterly global business barometer by Economist/FT from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by industry." Chart. June 4, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/
Financial Times, The Economist. (2015). Quarterly global business barometer by Economist/FT from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by industry. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/
Financial Times, and The Economist. "Quarterly Global Business Barometer by Economist/Ft from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by Industry." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 4 Jun 2015, /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/
Financial Times & The Economist, Quarterly global business barometer by Economist/FT from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by industry ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/ (last visited August 03, 2026)
Quarterly global business barometer by Economist/FT from Quarter 2 2011 to Quarter 2 2015, by industry [Graph], Financial Times, & The Economist, June 4, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/259682/economist-fts-quarterly-global-business-barometer-by-industry/
