Banks assessed business climate negatively in the 2nd quarter of 2013. As it was at the beginning of the year, none of the banks evaluates business climate positively in July 2013. As they did in February, in July 70% of banks consider overall economic situation satisfactory, and 30% think it is negative.
Banks' assessment of business climate worsened at the beginning of 2013. However, the forecasts turned out to be more optimistic. The index of business climate assessment fell to -0.3 from the previous mark of zero, and the index of expected changes grew from -0.18 in September 2012 to 0.22 in February 2013