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Business investment expectations
Government, Education and Community Expectations about future business investment
Services businesses indicate an overall has remained fairly consistent between 2016
improvement in expectations about future and 2017 surveys for Business Professional
business investment, with increases in the 2017 and Commercial Services businesses, but
survey compared to 2016 for high or very high expectations are lower than they were in 2014
prospects (52%, up from 44%), and for neither and 2015.
low nor high prospects (43%, up from 28%).
Similar improvements are notable for Retail
Trade, where the percentage indicating high or
very high prospects in the 2017 survey (43%) is
the highest it has been in three years.

BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES

26% 19% 35% 27% 24% 24%
44% 37% 43%
52%
21% 36% 37% 39% 33%
What
are your GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES 5%
prospects 12% 28% 19% Low or
Very low
for future 43% 33% 52% 36% 44% 52% 43% 48% 33% Neither low
investment 24% 28% nor high
in your High or
Very high
business? RETAIL TRADE

18%
17%
25% 18% 32% 29%
38% 36% 32% 43% 32% 31%
38% 45% 37% 29% 37%

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