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United States Business Confidence
The business confidence index for United States surveys firms on current trading conditions and outlook, covering hiring plans, capital expenditure, and order books. It is a leading indicator of investment and employment.
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Why Business Confidence matters for USD
Business investment drives productivity and potential output. Confidence surveys lead actual capital spending by several months, giving an early read on whether the United States economy is likely to accelerate or slow.
How to interpret this series
Above-consensus business confidence is usd-supportive as it implies planned investment and hiring that will sustain growth. Deteriorating confidence raises the prospect of a capex and hiring pullback, which is dovish.
Historical Business Confidence
Source: Federal Reserve Banks. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: Index (0-100 normalized). Coverage metadata updating.
Recent announcements
Each release gets a durable child page so data, forecast, previous value, and raw fields can be cited directly.
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Common questions
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How often is United States Business Confidence updated?
Business Confidence for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Business Confidence reported in?
The series is published in Index (0-100 normalized). The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Business Confidence data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Business Confidence for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/business_confidence?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.