Monthly Statistical Bulletin, february 2022

FEBRUARY 2022 41 Trade Confidence Indicator Services Confidence Indicator • The confidence indicators: » They increased in Manufacturing industry and Services; » They decreased in Construction and PublicWorks and Trade; • The balance of entrepreneurs' expectations on the future evolution of sales prices: » It decreased significantly in Construction and Public Works, after having registered in January the maximum value of the series; » There was a reduction in Manufacturing industry, as had already happened in January, after reaching in December the highest value since October 1990; » It decreased in Services, after having increased in the previous month and approaching the series' maximum registered in November 2005; » It increased in Trade, similarly to what happened in the previous month, and reached the maximum value of the series that began in May 2003. More information is available at: Business and consumer surveys – February 2022 25 February 2022 The information was collected from the 1st to the 15th of February for the consumer survey and from the 1st to the 21st of February for the business surveys. 9.7 22.8 -30.0 -20.0 -10.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Total Demand over the next 3 months 3.3 3.0 7.0 -20.0 -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Total Whole sale Business situa�on over the next 3 months

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