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Meet the BOSS - the Australian Business Outlook Scenarios Survey

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  • Ben Zhe Wang
  • Jeffrey Sheen
  • Natalia Ponomareva
  • Nicholas Bloom

Abstract

The Business Outlook Scenarios Survey (BOSS), launched in June 2024, is a new monthly longitudinal survey capturing the perceptions of Australian business financial decision makers, with a particular focus on the future trajectories of key macroeconomic variables such as interest rates and inflation, as well as firm-specific indicators like sales, employment, costs, and prices. This paper outlines the survey’s design and core questions, presents headline time-series indicators for the Australian economy, and examines alternative question designs and data constructions.

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  • Ben Zhe Wang & Jeffrey Sheen & Natalia Ponomareva & Nicholas Bloom, 2026. "Meet the BOSS - the Australian Business Outlook Scenarios Survey," CAMA Working Papers 2026-71, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:camaaa:2026-71
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    JEL classification:

    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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