The value of the Investors’ Confidence Index for Lithuania (ICIL) has been growing since the last quarter and the current final value is 1,118 out of 2. Investors are more positive about the country’s business environment, and the value of the index exceeded the pre-quarantine value.
Investors’ Confidence Index for Lithuania (ICIL) for the first time in the history of this study reached a negative value in the last quarter. The index rose again in this quarter and currently ICIL’s final value is 1,064 out of 2. Although the growth of the index and the return to a positive value indicate a higher positivity of investors, confidence is still low when compared to the period before the quarantine.
Investors’ Confidence Index for Lithuania (ICIL) for the first time in the history of this study reached a negative value – currently ICIL final value is 0,909 out of 2. The fact that the value of the index is less than 1 indicates that Lithuanian investors present more negatives assessments of the country’s investment climate than the positive ones. Naturally, the negative change is not unexpected in the current situation caused by a coronavirus pandemic. This decline was determined by a market and economic downturn and pessimistic prospects for the future.
This decline was determined by a negative change in valuation of almost all areas. More negative expectations about the macroeconomic environment in the country and much more cautious valuations of possible growth of salaries, new jobs and investment in surveyed companies have contributed to the decline of the index.
The latest Lithuanian Investors’ Confidence survey shows that the index keeps growing in the second quarter of this year. Although index did not increase significantly, growth is higher than it was in the previous quarter. Currently, ICIL final value is 1,176 out of 2.
Investors’ Confidence Index for Lithuania (ICIL) shows that a confidence of Lithuanian investors’ is recovering after reaching 3-year lows. Currently, ICIL final value is 1,150 out of 2.