Survey on Industry, Services and Construction - 2025-04
Published on the 13th of May 2025
Industry, market services and construction
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Industry ![]()
Opinion on the outlook for industrial production* ![]()
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
In this graph and the following, the extreme values related to the COVID-19 pandemic are available in WEBSTAT
| Jun-2024 | Jul-2024 | Aug-2024 | Sep-2024 | Oct-2024 | Nov-2024 | Dec-2024 | Jan-2025 | Feb-2025 | Mar-2025 | Apr-2025 | May-2025 | |
| Change | Forecast | |||||||||||
| Production | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | -3 |
| Deliveries | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| Total orders | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| Staff | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Final goods prices | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Commodity prices | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Level | ||||||||||||
| Order books | -8 | -7 | -7 | -9 | -8 | -10 | -11 | -10 | -11 | -10 | -10 | |
| Inventories of finished goods | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Capacity utilisation rate | 74.8 | 75.2 | 75.0 | 74.9 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 73.8 | 75.5 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 75.9 | |
| Cash positions | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
Changes in deliveries
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Inventories and order book level
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.
Market Services![]()
Opinion on the outlook for services activity*![]()
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
| Jun-2024 | Jul-2024 | Aug-2024 | Sep-2024 | Oct-2024 | Nov-2024 | Dec-2024 | Jan-2025 | Feb-2025 | Mar-2025 | Apr-2025 | May-2025 | |
| Change | Forecast | |||||||||||
| Activity | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -6 |
| Aggregate demand | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Prices | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Staff | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Level | ||||||||||||
| Cash positions | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Changes in demand
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Changes in prices and staff
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.
Construction![]()
Opinion on the outlook for construction activity* ![]()
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
| Jun-2024 | Jul-2024 | Aug-2024 | Sep-2024 | Oct-2024 | Nov-2024 | Dec-2024 | Jan-2025 | Feb-2025 | Mar-2025 | Apr-2025 | May-2025 | |
| Change | Forecast | |||||||||||
| Acitivity | 11 | 6 | -2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 |
| Estimates prices | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | |
| Staff | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Level | ||||||||||||
| Order books | -5 | -5 | -5 | -6 | -2 | -5 | -6 | -4 | -3 | -6 | -6 |
Order book level
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Changes in estimates prices and staff
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.
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Survey on Industry, Services and Construction - 2025-04
Updated on the 23rd of April 2025