摘要：Business Tendency Surveys (BTS) are qualitative economic surveys. Their use is mainly for
short-term economic analysis, including the prediction of turning points in the economic
cycle. Business surveys, as a synonym of BTS, ask qualitatively about the responding
company’s current situation and short term developments. The surveys are carried out on a
national level, i.e. the companies are asked about their domestic business activities only.
Aggregated national or regional results are used as input for business cycle analysis.
