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Canada Business Confidence 2025-03-31 11:00 America/Toronto: data, chart, and analysis

The 2025-03-31 Business Confidence release printed 48.95. The previous reading was 49.46, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
48.95
Previous
49.46
Forecast
--
Public release ID
cad_business_confidence_2025-03-31

Canada Business Confidence release chart

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

Canada Business Confidence chart through 2025-03-31
CAD Business Confidence readings through 2025-03-31. Latest: 48.95.

Business Confidence release read

The 2025-03-31 Business Confidence release printed 48.95. The previous reading was 49.46, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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

For CAD 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 cad_business_confidence_2025-03-31
Release time
2025-03-31 15:00 UTC
Reference period date 2025-03-31
Actual value 48.95
Previous value 49.46
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1743433200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Canada 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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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1743433200,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2025-03-31T11:00:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "cad_business_confidence_2025-03-31",
  "date": "2025-03-31",
  "observation_id": "cad_business_confidence_canonical_level_default_standard_period_2025-03-31",
  "original_unit": "Balance",
  "original_val": -2.09,
  "pct_change_qoq": -1.03,
  "pct_change_yoy": 0.12,
  "previous_value": 49.46,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1743433200,
      "val": 48.95
    }
  ],
  "val": 48.95
}