Entrepreneurs optimistic for 2026 as SEB survey shows optimism strengthened in January

"Great hopes rest on 2026 as the great recovery year," says SEB's private economist Américo Fernández in a press release.

Of the entrepreneurs who responded to the survey, 29 percent expect a positive development in the next three months, while 14 percent expect a negative development. At the same time, entrepreneurs' liquidity has strengthened since the last survey and is now at its highest level since the summer of 2023.

The entrepreneur indicator shows the difference between the proportion of entrepreneurs who expect a positive development and those who expect a negative development.