MARCH 2022 43 Trade Confidence Indicator Services Confidence Indicator • In what concerns the confidence indicators: » They decreased in Manufacturing industry and Construction and Public Works; » They increased in Trade and Services; • In all these sectors of activity, the balances of the entrepreneurs' expectations on the future evolution of sale prices increased significantly, recording the highest values in the respective series, with an emphasis on the Manufacturing industry, where the largest increase occurred. The information was collected from the 2nd to the 18th of March for the consumer survey and from the 1st to the 24th of March for the business survey. More information is available at: Business and consumer surveys – March 2022 30 March 2022 3.7 4.4 -0.2 -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Total Whole sale Business situation over the next 3 months 13.6 16.3 -20.0 -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Total Demand over the next 3 months
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