Central Banks & Monetary

Business Outlook Survey

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Bank of Canada Business Outlook Survey (group bos). Quarterly survey of about 100 senior business executives on past and future sales, investment intentions, hiring, prices, and inflation expectations. Reported as balance-of-opinion indicators (share responding 'up' minus share responding 'down').

Latest results are published one to two weeks after quarter-end, aligning with the Monetary Policy Report cycle.

get/api/v1/boc/business-outlook-survey

Request

  • Base URL: https://sugra.ai
  • URL: https://sugra.ai/api/v1/boc/business-outlook-survey
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Query parameters

recent_yearsinteger

Number of years of survey history.

Response

Quarterly balance-of-opinion indicators across Business Outlook Survey questions.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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