Business tendency - March 2026
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In March 2026, general business climate indicators for most of presented types of activity point at deterioration or stabilisation of the economy. The most significant decline is noted in accommodation and food service activities section. A slight improvement is ob-served in construction, financial and insurance activities section as well as in wholesale trade.
In majority of studied areas, month-to-month level of diagnostic components decreases, while in the case of forecasting ones it improves or does not change.
Entities from financial and insurance activities section assess business tendency most positively1 (plus 26.8), where value of the indicator is above the long-term mean2 (plus 25.4). The most pessimistic assessments are made by entities operating in manufacturing (minus 5.2), where value of the indicator is below the long-term mean (plus 0.4).
1 By the phrase „positive” (positive value of the indicator) we consider a situation when percentage of entrepreneurs who noted or expect improvement of their entities’ economic situation in the next three months outweighs percentage of entrepreneurs experiencing or expecting its deterioration.
2 The long-term mean for the particular types of activity includes the following period: since 2000 – for manufacturing, construction, retail trade; since 2003 – for transportation and storage, accommodation and food service activities, information and communication, financial and insurance activities; since 2011 – for wholesale trade.
