Local business confidence sours in Q4

Submitted By:  Staff Reporter Case Study:  No Only one of the six study indicators recorded an increase, although it remained in the negative zone. Local business confidence fell to its lowest since Q1 2018, with the business optimism index (BOI) dropping to +4.82 percentage points (ppt) in the final quarter of the year from +6.91 ppt in the previous quarter, according to the study by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB). read more