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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990
QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
IN FIRMS
THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR EXPERIENCED A MILD IN
WHEN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 IMPROVEMENT
COMPARED THE WITH THE
OF SECOND
RESULTS QUARTER OF 1990, ACCORDING TO THE
(WEDNESDAY} BY THE CENSUS QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RELEASED TODAY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL, IN
OF
FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR EXPECT BUSINESS TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, ALTHOUGH THE EXPECTATIONS FIRMS IN INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES VARY.
THE
THESE COMPARISONS ARE, HOWEVER, LIKELY ΤΟ BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS. AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY IS CONCERNED,
AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF A YEAR ARE THIRD QUARTER
SEASONALLY MORE ACTIVE PERIODS THAN THE SECOND QUARTER.
IN
FIRMS IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THE FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO AND THE PRINTING INDUSTRIES, EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.
PLASTICS THE OTHER HAND, BUSINESS IN THE TEXTILES AND
INDUSTRIES. REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
ON
IN
AS REGARDS THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, FIRMS METAL FABRICATED THE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRONICS, PRINTING, AND PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES ANTICIPATE A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS THE THIRD QUARTER, WHILE FIRMS IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES EXPECT A DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
OVER
IN
THE
ΤΟ
BUSINESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR REMAINED STABLE THIRD QUARTER. FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR GENERALLY EXPECT THE SITUATION CONTINUE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
FIRMS IN THE DISTRIBUTIVE AND CATERING TRADES SECTOR GENERALLY EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD
EXCEPT QUARTER, FOR HOTELS WHICH REPORTED A MILD DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS.
REGARDING THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, FIRMS IN SECTOR, PARTICULARLY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, EXPECT AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS.
THIS
IN THE OTHER SERVICES SECTOR, WHILE BANKS AND FIRMS IN THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BUSINESS IN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES REMAINED STABLE.
FIRMS
REGARDING THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, IN THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES EXPECT BUSINESS ΤΟ REMAIN STABLE, WHILE BANKS EXPECT A DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS.
ABOUT 1,000 FIRMS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND TRADES, FORMING A CROSS-SECTION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY. THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS PROBLEMS THEY FACED.
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