Business confidence up

07 Mar 2012 - by Staff reporter

Business confidence was up marginally in February rising to 99.5 index points, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said yesterday.

Sacci’s monthly Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased by 2.4 index points to 99.5, the best level since June 2011 but 2.4 points below the level of February 2011.

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