United States

Business confidence

Name: Business confidence data for United States
Creator: OECD
License: https://macrobymark.com/about/terms-of-use#data-providers

Survey-based business sentiment index (BCI / IFO / Tankan / etc.).

OECD

FrequencymonthlyTransformlevel

Source: OECD · MEI_CLI/US.BSCICP03.IXNSA.M

Stored official data

Business confidence - United States in United States was 5.4 on April 1, 2026, unchanged from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in index.

Latest5.40

MoM0.00%

YoY+307.69%

10Y Avg6.10

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Model surprise+0.09

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Overlays & outputNBER bandsAuto Y

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Min-41.20

Mean6.21

Max55.00

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

Source

OECD

Native key

MEI_CLI/US.BSCICP03.IXNSA.M

Freshness

Stored · 2026-04-01

History

Current only

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Research notes

69 · Caution

ComparabilitySeasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 52/100. 916 observations available; latest observation 2026-04-01; platform fetch 2026-05-24T22:26:51.426Z; release status none; data status fallbackRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

3/6 strong

CitationBusiness confidence - United States (OECD Data: MEI_CLI/US.BSCICP03.IXNSA.M, United States, retrieved May 24, 2026)

Retrieved May 24, 2026

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Series details

SourceOECD

CategoryBusiness

FrequencyMonthly

UnitIndex

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Platform last fetchMay 24, 2026

Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100

About this series

Survey-based business sentiment index (BCI / IFO / Tankan / etc.).

The reading right now

As of April 2026, Business confidence for United States stood at 5.4. That is unchanged from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 2.53, ranging from a low of -7.2 in June 2023 to a high of 23.8 in May 2021. The current reading sits 0.7 below its trailing ten-year mean of 6.1.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.