For the second quarter of 2024, business confidence in Georgia decreased slightly (by 1.3 index points) and reached 16.4. The highest decrease in business confidence is observed in the trade (-7.4) sector. The negative change in BCI for Q2 2024 was driven by decreased past performance as well as less optimistic expectations.
The Past Performance Index, which considers the business sector's assessment of their own economic performance in the previous quarter, decreased by 8.8 points compared to Q1 2024 and reached 9.2 for Q2 2024, with the service (-16.7) and trade (-16.1) sectors showing the highest decline.
Expectations Index, which reflects business optimism, decreased and settled at 29.6 index points. Expectations for Q2 2024 worsened significantly for the financial (-57.1) and trade (-11.2) sectors.
The Sales Price Expectations Index increased moderately by 1.2 index points and reached 19.6, indicating only an insignificant increase in the share of businesses that anticipate charging higher prices on their products over the next three months.