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Switzerland Business Confidence Planned 2026-10-12 09:00 Europe/Zurich: data, chart, and analysis

Switzerland Business Confidence came in at 50.23 on Oct 12, 2026, compared with 50.19 previously. See the full release history, chart, Swiss National Bank context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
50.23
Previous
50.19
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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Switzerland Business Confidence release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Switzerland Business Confidence chart through 2026-09-30
CHF Business Confidence readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 50.23.

Business Confidence release read

Switzerland Business Confidence came in at 50.23 on Oct 12, 2026, compared with 50.19 previously. See the full release history, chart, Swiss National Bank context, and API access for this series.

The parent Business Confidence page shows the full time series for Switzerland. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For CHF event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
1,243 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

12 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

12 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 12 Oct 2026
At the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 1,243 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 1,243 ms after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID chf_business_confidence_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-12 07:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 50.23
Previous value 50.19
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp --

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Switzerland Business Confidence history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Switzerland Business Confidence releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Older release

2026-09-10 08:58 Europe/Zurich · 50.19

Related Switzerland indicators

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Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Exports of Goods & Services

Total exports reported by ABS (AUD millions), quarterly based on national accounts.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross domestic product: the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, its broadest measure of activity. Depending on the country, the headline series is published as a level or as a growth rate; the unit shown with each series says which.

Imports of Goods & Services

Total imports reported by ABS (AUD millions), quarterly based on national accounts.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Switzerland Business Confidence.

What did Switzerland Business Confidence come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Switzerland Business Confidence was 50.23 Index (0-100 normalized) in September 2026. The previous reading was 50.19 Index (0-100 normalized).

When was this Switzerland Business Confidence release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 12, 2026 at 09:00 Europe/Zurich. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next Switzerland Business Confidence release?

The next Switzerland Business Confidence date is added here as soon as the publisher confirms its official schedule.

What is the official source for Switzerland Business Confidence?

SECO / KOF publishes the official Business Confidence series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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  "ingestion_latency_ms": 162.084,
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  "source_contract": {
    "basis": "catalogue",
    "frequency": "Monthly",
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}