30-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In August 2013, the Business Climate Indicator (BCI) for the euro area rose for the fourth successive month. It increased markedly by 0.31 points to ‑0.21. The assessment of past production, the level of overall order books and production expectations improved sharply. Also the level of export order books and the stocks of finished products were appraised more positively.
The BCI is based on a factor analysis of the euro area aggregate balances (seasonally adjusted) of five of the monthly questions in the industry survey (only employment and selling-price expectations are excluded).
The next BCI results are due to be published on 27 September 2013.
Full details of the Business Climate Indicator are available on the Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/db_indicators/surveys/index_en.htm
Scheduled publication dates
| Flash estimate | Final release EU, euro area and Member States | |
| September 2013 | 20 September 2013 | 27 September 2013 |
| October 2013 | 23 October 2013 | 30 October 2013 |
| November 2013 | 21 November 2013 | 28 November 2013 |