In March business tendency is assessed worse than in the previous month by majority of scrutinised kinds of activities. The most significant decreases were reported by: transportation and storage, wholesale trade as well as accommodation and food service activities. Only directors of companies operating in the field of financial and insurance activities formulate appraisals similar to those reported in February.

In the first two month of 2020 there were more dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings in which construction has begun also increased, whereas the number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project decreased.

According to preliminary data construction and assembly production (in constant prices) carried out domestically by construction enterprises employing more than 9 persons was in February 2020 by 5.5% higher than a year before (against an increase by 15.1% the year before) and by 14.1% higher compared with January 2020 (against an increase by 15.1% the year before).

In February 2020 retail sales at constant prices were by 7.3% higher than the year before (against a growth of 5.6% in February 2019).