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title: NZIER’s QSBO shows improved business confidence and activity - Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, January 2024
description: The latest QSBO showed a sharp pick-up in business confidence over the final quarter of 2023.
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# [NZIER’s QSBO shows improved business confidence and activity - Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, January 2024](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/nziers-qsbo-shows-improved-business-confidence-and-activity)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | January 15, 2024

The latest NZIER *Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion* (QSBO) showed a sharp pick-up in business confidence over the final quarter of 2023. While a net 10 percent of firms are still expecting a worsening in general economic conditions over the coming months on a seasonally adjusted basis, this is a significant decrease from the net 49 percent in the previous quarter and the net 79 percent a year ago.

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