WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1991
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RESULTS OF QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY FOR FOURTH QUARTER 1990 RELEASED
FIRMS
EXPERIENCED A IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE STABLE BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 WHEN COMPARED WITH
QUARTER OF 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE
THIRD BUSINESS SURVEY RELEASED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY)
BY THE
THE
CENSUS AND
QUARTERLY
LOOKING AHEAD,
FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR GENERALLY EXPECT LEVEL OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WHEN WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990.
A LOWER COMPARED
ARE,
THESE COMPARISONS SEASONAL FACTORS, AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY IS CONCERNED, FIRST QUARTER OF A YEAR IS USUALLY A SEASONAL LOW WHILE THE THIRD THE FOURTH QUARTERS ARE NORMALLY MORE ACTIVE PERIODS.
HOWEVER, LIKELY
TO
BE AFFECTED
BY
THE
AND
IN
IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, FIRMS IN THE WEARING APPAREL
AN IMPROVEMENT EXPERIENCED THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRIES
WITH COMPARED
THE 1990 BUSINESS
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF
AND FOOD, PRECEDING QUARTER, WHILE FIRMS IN THE PLASTICS, TEXTILES,
IN BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCED BUSINESS.
AND
IN
WHEN
A
DETERIORATION
ON THE OTHER HAND, BUSINESS IN OTHER MANUFACTURING SURVEYED REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
INDUSTRIES
IN MOST
AS REGARDS THE SHORT-TERM BUSINESS PROSPECTS, FIRMS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE TEXTILES, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES, EXPECT LEVEL OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.
HOWEVER,
FIRMS
FOOD, IN THE PLASTICS AND THE TOBACCO INDUSTRIES EXPECT THEIR BUSINESS TO REMAIN STABLE.
IN
A LOWER
BEVERAGE
AND
THE FIRMS SURVEYED GENERALLY THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EXPERIENCED A STABLE BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 BUT EXPECT A LOWER LEVEL OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.
FIRMS
IN
THE DISTRIBUTIVE
AND CATERING TRADES SECTOR,
IMPROVEMENT IN
PARTICULARLY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, EXPERIENCED AN BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990.
EFFECTS.
WHILE
REGARDING FIRMS IN THE IMPROVEMENT HOTELS
THIS WAS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SEASONAL THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991, WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES EXPECT A MILD
STABLE BUSINESS, EXPECT A RESTAURANTS BUSINESS, ANTICIPATE A DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS.
IN
IN
EXPERIENCED
BANKS
AN THE
WHILE SERVICES SECTOR, OTHER
IN THE IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990, FIRMS
THE REAL ESTATE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES REPORTED A STABLE BUSINESS.
/REGARDING THE
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