{"id":70215,"date":"2021-01-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=70215"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:49:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:49:07","slug":"digital-index-business-climate-stabilizes-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/digitalindex-geschaeftsklima-stabilisiert-sich\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Index - Business Climate Stabilizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mood in the digital industry has stabilized further following the temporary slump in the wake of the Corona crisis. In August, IT and telecommunications companies again assessed the current business situation as better than in the previous month. The situation index rose by 3.9 points to 19.6 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positive trend of recent months is thus continuing. By contrast, companies' expectations for the coming months declined slightly. The corresponding index decreased by 1.6 points to the 5.4 mark. <\/p><div id=\"great-3299704523\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, however, sentiment improved slightly in August. The Bitkom-ifo Digital Index, which is calculated from the assessment of the business situation and business expectations, increased by 1.1 points to 12.4 points compared with the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-100x40.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-480x190.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-640x253.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-720x284.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/200831_bitkom-ifo-digitalindex-august-2020_pg_cmyk-960x379.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>The Digital Index is based on the monthly ifo Business Survey and is calculated from the geometric mean of the Business Situation Index and the Business Expectations Index. The survey period was from August 2 to 24, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The business situation of IT companies continues to improve: The Bitkom-ifo Digital Index rose to 12.4 points in August 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