“Holding Steady“ Main economic trends in May 2026, based on the results of the New Rapid Enterprises Survey, #NRES
On June 15, 2026, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) held an online event “Economic Trends from a Business Perspective (May 2026)”. During the event, the results of the 49-th monthly survey of business executives “Ukrainian Business during the war”, which was conducted in May 2026, were presented.
The field stage of the 49-th wave lasted from May 15 -31, 2026. The enterprise managers compared the work results in May with April 2026, assessed the indicators at the time of the survey (May 2026), and gave forecasts for the next two, three, or six months, depending on the question. In certain issues (where indicated), the work results were compared with the pre-war period (before February 24, 2022).
Business Activity Recovery Index Falls to Nearly -0.2 for the First Time in Three Years — IER Survey
Labor Shortage Worries a Record 69% of Enterprises — IER Survey
This survey uses a panel sample that includes 500+ enterprises located in 21 of 27 regions of Ukraine, including Vinnytsya, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattya, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyy, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv regions and the Kyiv city.
The research was conducted by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).
✅ More survey results in the presentation.
✅ Video presentation (ukr): Youtube IER
