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 Uncertainty regarding the evolution of business activity (Balance) of construction
Characteristic Description
Name Uncertainty regarding the evolution of business activity (Balance) of construction by Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - construction and public works survey, 2025
First available period May 2021
Last available period October 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3)
Concepts
  • CONSTRUCTION:  (translation not available)
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
Definition Difference between the share of negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.) and positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesnt know".
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 30/10/2025


information presented in 4/11/2025