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TRENDS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE PERIOD DECEMBER 2017?FEBRUARY 2018
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Stability in industry, retail trade and services
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Moderate growth of the number of employees in retail trade and services
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Moderate price growth in industry, constructions and services
Managers in industry, trade and services estimate a relative stability in their activities December 2017 through February 2018, while in constructions activity will shrink, informs a National Statistics Institute (INS)'s release.
The conjectural inquiry on December 2017 says that the processing industry's managers foresee for the next three months a relative stability of the production's amount (conjectural balance +1pct).
As for the activity of transport means' manufacturing they estimate an increase tendency (conjectural balance +16pct), says the INS release.
The industrial products' prices are estimated to grow moderately in the next three months (conjectural balance +14pct).
As for the number of employees, a relative stability is foreseen, with a conjectural balance worth -2pct on the processing industry.
According to estimates of December 2017, in the following three months the construction activity will record a drop of the production's volume (conjectural balance -37pct). The managers' estimates for the employees' number are also of diminishing conjectural balance -25pct). As regards the prices of the construction works, they will moderately grow (conjectural balance +14%).
The retail trade sector will face a mild stability in the said period (short term balance +3pct). The orders' volume to the suppliers of merchandise by the commercial units will record a moderate drop (short term balance -6pct).
The number of employees in the mentioned period will increase mildly (conjectural balance +10pct).
The commercial companies' managers estimate an increase of the retail prices (conjectural balance +23pct).
According to December 2017 estimates, the services' request (fiscal value) will know a relative stability in the said period (conjectural balance +4pct). The services' sector is estimated to see a moderate increase of the employees' number (conjectural balance +7pct). According to the managers, the retail prices or billing prices of services will go up moderately (conjectural balance +8pct).