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RMB/BER Business Confidence Index, 2010Q3

Date Uploaded: September 08 2010 09:20


After falling from 43 to 36 in the second quarter of 2010, the RMB/BER business confidence index (BCI) rebounded to 47 in the third quarter. The third quarter rise lifted the index to its highest level in 2½ years i.e. the time shortly before the onset of the global financial turmoil and subsequent recession.