Business Tendency Survey, June 2026

Jersey's latest business statistics show steady activity and a positive future outlook, though high input costs and ongoing staff shortages continue to challenge local firms.

Main points

In June 2026:

• the all‑sector recent business activity indicator was neutral with a balance of +8 percentage points (pp), which remained essentially unchanged from March 2026 (+5 pp)
• the expectation for future business activity was moderately positive, with a balance of +23 pp
• the recent labour costs and non-labour input costs indicators had strongly positive balances of +38 pp and +46 pp, respectively
• staff and/or skills shortages was the most reported limiting factor affecting businesses (50%), unchanged from last quarter (50%)
• in the finance sector, all indicators were moderately positive, with recent business activity having a balance of +24 pp (essentially unchanged from last quarter, +25 pp), with similar expectations for September 2026 (+24 pp)

• in the non‑finance sector, recent business activity was neutral at +1 pp (essentially unchanged from last quarter, -4 pp), but is expected to increase moderately over the three months to September 2026 (+23 pp)

   

Read the entire report here: Business Tendency Survey, June 2026