United States announcement

United States Business Confidence 2026-12-17 10:00 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Business Confidence is scheduled for release on Dec 17, 2026. The previous reading was 17.9. This page updates with the official value, chart, and full release history when the publisher releases the data.

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Actual
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Previous
17.9
Forecast
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Reference period
2026-12-17

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United States Business Confidence release chart

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

United States Business Confidence chart through 2026-12-17
USD Business Confidence readings through 2026-12-17. Latest: --.

Business Confidence release preview

United States Business Confidence is scheduled for release on Dec 17, 2026. The previous reading was 17.9. This page updates with the official value, chart, and full release history when the publisher releases the data.

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

For USD 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.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_business_confidence_2026-12-17
Release time
2026-12-17 15:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-12-17
Actual value --
Previous value 17.9
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1797519600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States 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.

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Older release

2026-08-27 10:00 America/New_York · 17.9

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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