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Business Expectations Index (DISCONTINUED) (ATLSBUBEI)

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Jul 2020: 56.97071
Updated: Jul 29, 2020 10:01 AM CDT
Jul 2020:  56.97071  
Jun 2020:  34.52319  
May 2020:  25.52114  
Apr 2020:  47.50996  
Mar 2020:  83.71452  

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Index 2015-2018=100,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

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Bar 1 - Business Expectations Index Vintage: 2020-06-24
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(a) Business Expectations Index, Index 2015-2018=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted (ATLSBUBEI)
This index reflects firms' expectations about the growth of their own sales, employment, and capital expenditures over the next 12 months. The index can respond to news about the overall economy, changes in business sentiment, policy developments, stock market moves, interest rate changes, and changes in the outlook of firms in the sample. The expectations index captures the expected direction and magnitude of each change for sample firms. Each index is standardized to have mean and variance of 100 during the period from January 2015 to December 2018. For more details about the index or the survey, visit the Survey of Business Uncertainty (https://www.frbatlanta.org/research/surveys/business-uncertainty.aspx).

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    Bar 1 - Business Expectations Index Vintage: 2020-06-24
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    (a) Business Expectations Index (DISCONTINUED), Index 2015-2018=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted (ATLSBUBEI)
    This series was discontinued by the source following revisions to the methodology and panel design for the Survey of Business Uncertainty. For more details, see the revised methodology (https://www.frbatlanta.org/-/media/documents/research/surveys/business-uncertainty/survey-of-business-uncertainty-methodology.pdf). This index reflects firms' expectations about the growth of their own sales, employment, and capital expenditures over the next 12 months. The index can respond to news about the overall economy, changes in business sentiment, policy developments, stock market moves, interest rate changes, and changes in the outlook of firms in the sample. The expectations index captures the expected direction and magnitude of each change for sample firms. Each index is standardized to have mean and variance of 100 during the period from January 2015 to December 2018. For more details about the index or the survey, visit the Survey of Business Uncertainty (https://www.frbatlanta.org/research/surveys/business-uncertainty.aspx).

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      For example, invert an exchange rate by using formula 1/a, where “a” refers to the first FRED data series added to this line. Or calculate the spread between 2 interest rates, a and b, by using the formula a - b.

      Use the assigned data series variables (a, b, c, etc.) together with operators (+, -, *, /, ^, etc.), parentheses and constants (1, 1.5, 2, etc.) to create your own formula (e.g., 1/a, a-b, (a+b)/2, (a/(a+b+c))*100). As noted above, you may add other data series to this line before entering a formula.

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      Title Release Dates
      Business Expectations Index 2019-10-30 2020-07-28
      Business Expectations Index (DISCONTINUED) 2020-07-29 2020-07-29
       
      Source    
      Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2019-10-30 2020-07-29
       
      Release    
      Survey of Business Uncertainty 2019-10-30 2020-07-29
       
      Units    
      Index 2015-2018=100 2019-10-30 2020-07-29
       
      Frequency    
      Monthly 2019-10-30 2020-07-29
       
      Seasonal Adjustment    
      Not Seasonally Adjusted 2019-10-30 2020-07-29
       
      Notes    
      This index reflects firms' expectations about the growth of their own sales, employment, and capital expenditures over the next 12 months. The index can respond to news about the overall economy, changes in business sentiment, policy developments, stock market moves, interest rate changes, and changes in the outlook of firms in the sample. The expectations index captures the expected direction and magnitude of each change for sample firms. Each index is standardized to have mean and variance of 100 during the period from January 2015 to December 2018.

      For more details about the index or the survey, visit the Survey of Business Uncertainty (https://www.frbatlanta.org/research/surveys/business-uncertainty.aspx).

      		2019-10-30 2020-07-28
      This series was discontinued by the source following revisions to the methodology and panel design for the Survey of Business Uncertainty. For more details, see the revised methodology (https://www.frbatlanta.org/-/media/documents/research/surveys/business-uncertainty/survey-of-business-uncertainty-methodology.pdf).

      This index reflects firms' expectations about the growth of their own sales, employment, and capital expenditures over the next 12 months. The index can respond to news about the overall economy, changes in business sentiment, policy developments, stock market moves, interest rate changes, and changes in the outlook of firms in the sample. The expectations index captures the expected direction and magnitude of each change for sample firms. Each index is standardized to have mean and variance of 100 during the period from January 2015 to December 2018.

      For more details about the index or the survey, visit the Survey of Business Uncertainty (https://www.frbatlanta.org/research/surveys/business-uncertainty.aspx).

      		2020-07-29 2020-07-29

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