The activities from industry, retail trade and services will follow an upward trend in the next three months, whereas the activity from constructions will drop as against the previous thee months, according to estimates made in October by companies' managers.

According to the National Statistics Institute, the findings of the survey conducted in October emphasize an upward trend for the next three months for the production volume of the processing industry (seasonal balance plus 16 percent), and for the volume of contracts and orders (seasonal balance plus 10 percent).

Companies' managers predict that in the next three months the upward trend in sales of goods specific to this period (seasonal balance plus 10 percent) will maintain.

According to managers' forecasts, the economic situation will be better say 45 percent of respondents, 43 percent say it will be relatively the same and only 12 percent of respondents fear it will be worse. Employers estimate for the next three months a growth in the number of employees in the retail trade (seasonal balance plus 14 percent).

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