What confidence can we have in “business confidence”?

Source: Council Of Trade Unions (CTU) – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: What confidence can we have in “business confidence”?

‘Business confidence’ is falling and we should be very concerned, we are told. But is ‘business confidence’ really falling and is it anything more than an opinion poll of some chief executives as to what they think of the Government of the day, or their impression (which may not be any more accurate than yours or mine) of where the economy is going?

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