ifo Business Climate Index
Germany · next release: Monday, Oct 26, 2026 · 09:00 UTC
Consensus forecast and previous reading from this week's live economic-calendar feed.
What it is
The ifo Institute surveys thousands of German firms across manufacturing, services, trade and construction on their current situation and six-month expectations, combining the responses into one of the most closely watched business-confidence indicators in the euro area.
Why it matters to traders
As a forward-looking sentiment gauge for Europe's largest economy, the ifo index is read as an early signal of the hard data that follows, so a clear surprise against the forecast can move the euro and German bond yields. A rise in the expectations component signals firms anticipate better business conditions over the next six months; a fall signals they expect conditions to worsen.
Next scheduled release
Monday, Oct 26, 2026 · 09:00 UTC
ifo Business Climate Index is on this week's live calendar. Follow the live countdown on the FXMARE economic calendar. We don't publish a release-history table for this event — only verified live data is shown, never a reconstructed record.
Recent and upcoming releases
- ifo Business Climate Index October 20262026-10-26 09:00 UTC · forecast 90.0 · previous 89.9
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