Economic climate expectations of retailers in the Netherlands 2020-2021

Back in April 2020, many retail business owners had negative expectations of their financial future and the economic climate in which they would operate in the next three months. A widespread economic forecast survey revealed that the balance of positive versus negative prognoses was -43.6 percent at this time, indicating that there were much more negative responses than positive due to the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic). Over the course of later months, the figure had fluctuated considerably. In December 2021, the balance stood at roughly minus six percent.

追溯至2020年4月，众多零售业经营者对于其财务前景及未来三个月内将面临的经济环境持有悲观预期。一项广泛的经济预测调查结果显示，当时正负预测的平衡指数为-43.6%，表明由于新冠疫情（COVID-19大流行）的影响，消极反馈远多于积极反馈。随着时间的推移，这一数据经历了显著的波动。至2021年12月，平衡指数大致维持在负六个百分点左右。