Survey based gauges of how businesses see conditions and orders, including the purchasing managers indices, regional Federal Reserve surveys, European business climate and sentiment surveys, small business optimism and the book-to-bill ratio. An indicator belongs here when its cited article describes a survey or ratio of business conditions. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Business Surveys and Purchasing Managers Indices, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.
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Ifo Business Climate Index (Wikipedia)
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is a closely followed leading indicator for economic activity in Germany prepared by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, Germany.
Purchasing managers' index (Wikipedia)
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Purchasing managers' indexes (PMI) are economic indicators derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies.
Wikipedia: Book-to-bill ratio
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The book-to-bill ratio, also known as the BB ratio or BO/BI ratio, is the ratio of orders received to the amount billed for a specific period, usually one month or one quarter.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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The survey asks participants to indicate the direction of change in activity and other measures at their firms over the past month as well as their expected direction of change six months from now.
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