The quarterly Business Expectations Survey (BES), conducted by the Bank of Botswana (the Bank), collects information on the domestic business community’s perceptions about the prevailing state of the economy and expectations during the survey period.
The Bank’s quarterly Business Expectations Survey (BES) presents an analysis of information collected from the domestic business community through perceptions surveys about the prevailing state of the economy and prospects. In the survey, businesses respond to a range of questions relating to, among others: the prevailing business climate; outlook for economic growth and inflation; and business performance over the survey horizon.