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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1990
QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE IMPROVEMENT
THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.
IN BUSINESS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE
THESE COMPARISONS ARE, HOWEVER, LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS. THE FIRST QUARTER OF A YEAR IS USUALLY A SEASONAL LOW WHILE THE THIRD QUARTER IS USUALLY MORE ACTIVE THAN THE SECOND QUARTER AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY IS CONCERNED.
FIRMS IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE PLASTICS, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES, EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990.
FIRMS
AS REGARDS THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO, AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES, ANTICIPATE A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, FIRMS IN THE PRINTING DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER.
IN
INDUSTRY EXPECT A
FIRMS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR EXPERIENCED A MILD IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BUT EXPECT BUSINESS ΤΟ REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
IN THE DISTRIBUTIVE AND CATERING TRADES SECTOR, RESTAURANTS RECORDED A DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BUT OTHER FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR EXPERIENCED A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS.
REGARDING THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, HOTELS EXPECT A MILD DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS, WHILE OTHER FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR ANTICIPATE AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS.
IN THE OTHER SERVICES SECTOR, WHILE BANKS EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BUSINESS IN THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES, AND THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES REMAINED STABLE.
BANKS EXPECT
REGARDING THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, AND FIRMS IN THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS, WHEREAS FIRMS IN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES ANTICIPATE A MILD BUSINESS.
DETERIORATION IN
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