In March the assessments of general business climate indicator in all of presented kinds of activities are at a higher or similar level as compared to the ones presented in February this year. In all areas it is below the long-term mean . In majority of the areas, the level of "diagnostic" components is similar as in February, while the "prognostic" ones improve.

Procurement prices of basic agricultural products decreased in January 2023 in comparison with the previous month (by 1.4%) while they increased (by 31.2%) compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.

In March 2023, there was an improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, syn-thetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -35.6 which was by 0.4 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

We are pleased to present the methodological report, which updates the Methodological report on labour market and wages and salaries statistics from 2021. The idea of the authors is to maintain the report as a guide to labour market statistics conducted in the field of various surveys. Thus, in one study you will find information on data sources describing similar phenomena, similarly named, but shown from different perspectives - a household, national economy entity or other reporting unit or administrative registers.