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Business Sentiment (CHF)

Survey-based measure of business sentiment reflecting executive expectations for production, orders, and overall economic conditions.

Latest reading: 97.93 Index · Last updated: · Source: SNB/FSO

Category: Economy

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/chf/business_sentiment

Use the production OpenAPI schema for the authoritative REST route metadata.

https://fxmacrodata.com/api/openapi.json

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About Business Sentiment (CHF)

Business sentiment for Switzerland aggregates firms' qualitative views on current business conditions, future orders, and the broader economic climate. It is closely related to business confidence surveys.

Why FX traders watch it

Sentiment surveys are timely, often released before official activity statistics, and can move markets in the week ahead of harder data. The Swiss National Bank treats deteriorating business sentiment as a risk to its growth projections.

How to interpret the data

Improving sentiment is chf-positive as it signals firms plan to invest and hire. A sharp deterioration in sentiment typically foreshadows weaker activity data and can shift rate expectations toward easing.

Historical Business Sentiment (CHF)

Source: SNB/FSO  ·  Monthly  ·  Index

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/chf/business_sentiment endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

SNB/FSO

Official Series ID

PMI_CH

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Monthly

Unit of Measure

Index

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "CHF",
    "indicator": "business_sentiment",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve Business Sentiment data for CHF from 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/chf/business_sentiment?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Frequently Asked Questions

How often is Switzerland Business Sentiment updated?
Business Sentiment for Switzerland is released on a monthly schedule by Swiss National Bank (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 Sentiment reported in?
The series is published in Index. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source Switzerland Business Sentiment data?
Data is fetched directly from Swiss National Bank or the official national statistics publication for Switzerland. 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 Sentiment for Switzerland via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/chf/business_sentiment?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.