SEB’s China Financial Index shows outlook remains optimistic
SEB's China Financial Index, which measures the business outlook among northern European companies' subsidiaries in China, remained strong at 60.2 in the autumn of 2021. While this is down slightly from the 61.3 recorded in the spring survey, it is still above the reading of 57.3 from one year ago, underpinning a continued optimistic outlook on doing business in China. Looking at the individual index components, optimism regarding order intake over the next six months declined in the latest survey, decreasing to 59 from 65.7 in the spring. At the same time, the sub-index measuring