The Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) for Q1 2019 is Now Open

18th February 2019

The fieldwork for the Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) for Q1 2019 begins today and will run until 11 March.

This is the last QES before the UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March and will be very significant. The QES is the largest and longest-running business survey in the UK and is a powerful tool for representing the voice of business to Government. To retain its reputation as a reliable economic indicator and a powerful tool for lobbying, it is vital as many businesses as possible respond to it. At the national level, it's a leading indicator often picking up big changes in the economy long before other surveys or official statistics: The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee uses the QES as one of its key benchmarks when setting interest rates. HM Treasury and the independent Office for Budget Responsibility use the QES to put together their forecasts for the UK's economic performance. The European Commission uses the QES to assess the health of the UK economy The survey takes around 2 minutes to complete and can be accessed here, and the previous QES results can be found here.