{"id":61263,"date":"2020-02-11T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61263"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T10:55:23","slug":"businesses-optimistic-regarding-countrys-economic-performance-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/businesses-optimistic-regarding-countrys-economic-performance-survey.html","title":{"rendered":"Businesses optimistic regarding country&#8217;s economic performance: survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Dun &amp; Bradstreet Country Manager Nauman Lakhani on Monday announced the results of the global database and risk management company\u2019s recently released Business Optimism Index \u2014 with the survey reporting that local businesses were &#8216;predominantly optimistic&#8217; regarding Pakistan\u2019s future economic performance, according to a news source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey (opens in a new tab)\">Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on responses from 400-500 companies from every sector of the\neconomy, the survey intends to measure the country\u2019s business prospects.\nLarge-scale companies comparatively display more optimism than small and medium\nenterprises when it comes to projected sales, selling prices, volumes sold,\nnumber of employees, and profits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey also revealed that companies in the services sector have a more\nfavourable outlook than their counterparts in the manufacturing and trading\nsectors. Moreover, taxation, competition, and adverse business regulations are\nidentified as major obstacles to business growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Business Optimism Index recorded a composite score of 144.6 points, contrasted to the benchmark neutral value of 100 points. This demonstrates a sanguine business attitude as opposed to mixed trends indicated in recently conducted surveys by major trade bodies and polling agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/boi-expects-pakistans-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-to-improve.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve (opens in a new tab)\">BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, a survey by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry released earlier this month reported that more than half of the businesses in the country were worried about the unpredictability of monetary and fiscal policies. Whereas, 75 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-return-pkr-836mn-first-half-fy2019-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"foreign investors (opens in a new tab)\">foreign investors<\/a> participating in the survey expressed their readiness to recommend new Foreign direct investment in Pakistan to their parent companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, a\nperception survey undertaken by the American Business Council in December 2019 stated\nthat 61% of its members believed that the country\u2019s business climate had\ndeteriorated. A Gallup Pakistan survey held between October and December 2019, also\nrevealed that 60% of the participants in Punjab, Sindh and the federal capital\nbelieved that the economy was heading in a concerning direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Dun &amp; Bradstreet Country Manager Nauman Lakhani on Monday announced the results of the global database and risk management company\u2019s recently released Business Optimism Index \u2014 with the survey reporting that local businesses were &#8216;predominantly optimistic&#8217; regarding Pakistan\u2019s future economic performance, according to a news source. Read: Foreign investors \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019: OICCI survey Depending on responses from 400-500 companies from every sector of the economy, the survey intends to measure the country\u2019s business prospects. Large-scale companies comparatively display more optimism than small and medium enterprises when it comes to projected sales, selling prices, volumes sold, number of employees, and profits. The survey also revealed that companies in the services sector have a more favourable outlook than their counterparts in the manufacturing and trading sectors. Moreover, taxation, competition, and adverse business regulations are identified as major obstacles to business growth. The Business Optimism Index recorded a composite score of 144.6 points, contrasted to the benchmark neutral value of 100 points. This demonstrates a sanguine business attitude as opposed to mixed trends indicated in recently conducted surveys by major trade bodies and polling agencies. Read: BoI expects Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 ranking to improve For instance, a survey by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":60553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18846,2232,18847],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-businesses-optimistic-regarding-countrys-economic-performance-survey","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-international-survey"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Businesses optimistic regarding country&#039;s economy - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recently released Business Optimism Index survey reported that local businesses were &#039;predominantly optimistic&#039; 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