"TERMS AND CONDITIONS" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/" "NAME" "Business Outlook Survey—data by firm size (four-quarter moving averages) - Future sales growth and indicators of future sales" "DESCRIPTION" "Firm sizes are defined as follows: small firms have 10 to 99 employees, medium-sized firms have 100 to 499 employees, and large firms have 500 or more employees. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter." "LINK" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217700" "SERIES" "id","label","description" "BOS_FS_S","Small firms, future sales","Future sales growth, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, the rate of increase in your firm’s sales volume (compared with the past 12 months) is expected to be…" "BOS_FSI_S","Small firms, indicators of future sales","Indicators of future sales, four-quarter moving average - Compared with 12 months ago, have your recent indicators (order books, advanced bookings, sales inquiries, etc.)…" "BOS_FS_M","Medium-sized firms, future sales","Future sales growth, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, the rate of increase in your firm’s sales volume (compared with the past 12 months) is expected to be…" "BOS_FSI_M","Medium-sized firms, indicators of future sales","Indicators of future sales, four-quarter moving average - Compared with 12 months ago, have your recent indicators (order books, advanced bookings, sales inquiries, etc.)…" "BOS_FS_L","Large firms, future sales","Future sales growth, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, the rate of increase in your firm’s sales volume (compared with the past 12 months) is expected to be…" "BOS_FSI_L","Large firms, indicators of future sales","Indicators of future sales, four-quarter moving average - Compared with 12 months ago, have your recent indicators (order books, advanced bookings, sales inquiries, etc.)…" "OBSERVATIONS" "date","BOS_FS_S","BOS_FSI_S","BOS_FS_M","BOS_FSI_M","BOS_FS_L","BOS_FSI_L" "2004Q1","20.99","43.98","13.80","32.39","25.75","33.33" "2004Q2","19.12","38.10","22.69","33.76","27.02","39.19" "2004Q3","18.96","34.98","22.99","34.44","27.38","41.69" "2004Q4","19.09","33.52","18.19","38.61","16.62","36.35" "2005Q1","26.23","36.01","21.23","43.86","10.99","41.35" "2005Q2","32.17","34.06","17.88","41.43","6.86","40.32" "2005Q3","29.76","37.15","17.21","38.71","3.64","38.46" "2005Q4","28.46","37.07","18.00","38.71","6.76","39.51" "2006Q1","22.78","36.57","17.29","39.77","0.68","32.76" "2006Q2","18.11","49.68","15.97","34.35","2.74","25.08" "2006Q3","17.11","55.48","13.19","31.34","-0.57","29.43" "2006Q4","14.72","50.35","5.94","25.45","3.11","29.43" "2007Q1","20.25","46.75","5.22","20.21","7.12","26.04" "2007Q2","23.03","38.65","2.78","24.07","4.81","26.52" "2007Q3","20.60","30.06","-0.13","23.06","8.71","26.24" "2007Q4","16.96","25.89","3.55","15.13","3.47","19.43" "2008Q1","13.75","22.68","-2.25","10.97","-0.63","17.82" "2008Q2","15.08","18.32","-5.60","5.50","-4.62","12.67" "2008Q3","12.71","17.96","-3.30","9.02","-4.62","-3.30" "2008Q4","3.35","8.98","-13.30","-0.66","-11.22","-14.76" "2009Q1","-4.60","-7.71","-16.20","-16.91","-15.61","-29.76" "2009Q2","0.73","-12.83","-7.57","-13.88","-3.99","-45.31" "2009Q3","15.11","-16.64","2.94","-23.55","8.69","-47.15" "2009Q4","35.76","-5.10","23.75","-11.20","30.74","-24.97" "2010Q1","48.26","16.73","38.88","10.63","52.17","-2.12" "2010Q2","43.69","28.08","44.82","23.60","42.76","25.72" "2010Q3","37.62","39.39","38.39","35.63","37.34","45.24" "2010Q4","36.08","41.23","30.35","44.00","25.18","39.70" "2011Q1","31.60","43.49","22.58","50.85","14.28","39.88" "2011Q2","34.81","46.89","12.85","47.35","16.19","31.79" "2011Q3","32.31","45.22","10.93","44.50","2.87","18.75" "2011Q4","20.88","44.46","4.58","41.92","1.15","17.52" "2012Q1","29.92","53.73","3.07","40.79","10.97","18.27" "2012Q2","24.13","50.93","7.41","40.79","7.00","16.30" "2012Q3","22.58","45.57","1.44","42.31","11.03","17.92" "2012Q4","21.65","46.41","11.27","36.63","16.44","22.08" "2013Q1","17.56","34.06","15.87","27.37","6.79","11.85" "2013Q2","16.78","33.00","14.61","19.34","5.70","12.03" "2013Q3","19.37","32.75","29.52","20.87","9.61","14.37" "2013Q4","27.05","31.53","32.36","24.70","10.03","12.10" "2014Q1","26.35","34.45","31.68","28.43","13.59","17.30" "2014Q2","34.12","34.92","30.61","34.68","16.15","22.97" "2014Q3","42.14","43.93","23.73","29.94","20.06","31.91" "2014Q4","37.17","45.43","15.38","28.31","17.43","29.29" "2015Q1","37.70","46.47","8.35","21.94","8.58","19.71" "2015Q2","27.05","45.53","7.27","20.84","8.58","12.35" "2015Q3","20.85","38.19","4.36","17.04","2.43","2.73" "2015Q4","23.61","38.35","4.97","11.34","5.90","-1.31" "2016Q1","20.35","34.32","11.64","12.17","9.85","3.91" "2016Q2","26.42","31.47","10.36","3.21","4.99","0.32" "2016Q3","28.04","34.10","7.49","6.60","4.61","-0.71" "2016Q4","32.76","41.68","13.83","14.40","0.80","3.69" "2017Q1","36.49","44.25","15.08","25.02","-1.65","12.32" "2017Q2","37.12","52.77","22.45","40.79","7.25","28.11" "2017Q3","31.80","57.39","30.92","48.84","7.58","40.80" "2017Q4","23.24","52.53","23.96","50.42","9.56","42.87" "2018Q1","14.91","50.26","25.82","48.78","12.83","43.17" "2018Q2","6.36","47.00","18.51","48.14","10.52","38.08" "2018Q3","8.44","43.31","12.43","46.73","11.85","30.81" "2018Q4","12.89","41.80","10.91","47.19","1.86","27.37" "2019Q1","16.30","43.47","4.05","36.95","-1.32","16.89" "2019Q2","21.21","39.70","7.64","21.86","3.02","18.11" "2019Q3","25.38","31.03","7.59","12.18","5.38","18.51" "2019Q4","22.65","35.73","9.72","9.92","15.08","21.77" "2020Q1","26.55","30.57","14.53","14.73","18.61","23.16" "2020Q2","15.90","12.48","0.15","-1.88","0.75","-3.36" "2020Q3","12.99","0.67","8.59","-5.03","6.87","-17.90" "2020Q4","23.07","-9.92","18.60","-15.27","15.21","-22.61" "2021Q1","25.26","-1.93","30.40","-10.62","25.00","-16.19" "2021Q2","40.68","28.43","51.38","27.35","49.77","19.23" "2021Q3","40.58","52.84","42.77","45.45","37.67","35.89" "2021Q4","34.75","65.39","31.41","67.07","21.50","47.28" "2022Q1","30.49","61.27","11.68","71.10","-0.73","45.18" "2022Q2","15.77","53.80","-6.37","67.01","-22.24","39.27" "2022Q3","13.72","44.73","-15.32","55.01","-31.05","31.59" "2022Q4","4.27","28.81","-21.03","42.62","-36.09","21.53" "2023Q1","-3.65","30.11","-24.64","24.67","-31.67","19.26" "2023Q2","-0.43","24.57","-19.34","6.70","-25.98","7.89" "2023Q3","0.88","20.34","-9.08","3.48","-15.02","2.16" "2023Q4","13.51","15.85","-1.16","2.27","-3.47","-7.18"