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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
FIRMS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR REPORTED A CONTINUED UPTREND IS BUSINESS SITUATION BUSINESS DURING THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE FURTHER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
IN
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AS FOR THE FIRMS IN THE "WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS" SECTOR, A FAVOURABLE BUSINESS SITUATION WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE
AN QUARTER AND BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THE IN
AND
THIRD
OPTIMISTIC
"REAL
THIRD QUARTER, FIRMS IN "BANKS"
ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT
RELATED SERVICES' AND "TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND
CONTINUED COMMUNICATION". BUSINESSES
TO EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSINESS AND THEY EXPECT THE UPTREND TO PERSIST IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
ABOUT 1,000 FIRMS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES,
PARTICIPATED ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
IN FORMING A CROSS-SECTION OF THE THE SURVEY AND
EXPERIENCES AND
EXPECTATIONS.
WERE ASKED
ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS
MANUFACTURING WITHIN THE
SECTOR, FIRMS IN ALL INDUSTRIES BUSINE98 SITUATION IN THE EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
THIRD
OF THE QUARTER WITH THE EXCEPTION
TEXTILES INDUSTRY WHICH SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. THE EXTENT OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE QUITE REMARKABLE IN THE "FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO", "PLASTICS", "FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS" * "ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES" AND "ELECTRONICS" INDUSTRIES.
GENERAL REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS ON THE
SITUATION BUSINESS WITH THE EXCEPTION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, FIRMS IN ALL INDUSTRIES,
"PLASTICS" THE ON
EXPRESS OPTIMISM OVER THE BUSINESS BUSINESS PROSPECT. FOR THE "PLASTICS" INDUSTRY, A SEASONAL DECLINE IN IS EXPECTED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THE MAJORITY
INDUSTRY,
OF THE FIRMS
AND
AN
IN THE "WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND
BUSINESSES "RESTAURANTS"
EXPERIENCED IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES"
THIRD QUARTER. IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE
BY THE RESPONDING FIRMS FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED
IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER, AS
THE "HOTELS"
STABLE BUSINESS, A
BUSINESS IN THE THIRD SITUATION WAS EXPERIENCED BY FIRMS
QUARTER AND THEY FOR THE FOURTH GENERALLY EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK QUARTER, DUE MAINLY TO ANTICIPATION OF A SEASONAL UPTREND IN BUSINESS.
FOR
"OTHER SERVICES" SECTORS, FIRMS WITH REGARD TO THE
IN THE "REAL ESTATE "TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION", "BANKS" AND THE
SERVICES" ALSO EXPERIENCED AN DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED
UPTREND IN WAS OPTIMISM ABOUT BUSINESS AND THERE
BUSINESS PROSPECT FOR THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
THE SURVEY ALSO COVERED BUSINESS PROBLEMS FACED BY FIRMS.
/FOR THE