KYIV, Feb 17 – Although the sentiment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has worsened, 76% of its representatives plan to expand this year, these are the results of the Small Business Sentiment Index survey for 2022, conducted by the European Business Association (EBA) as part of the Unlimit Ukraine project.

"The survey demonstrates further deterioration in SME sentiment. Thus, the Index fell to 2.4 points out of 5 which is the second lowest value in the history of the study. For comparison, the Index amounted to 2.6 points in 2021 and 2.2 points in 2020," according to the results of the study, published on Thursday.