Managers see good times ahead

Business in the field of industry, construction, retail and services will continue to grow in the following two months, with prices of products and services in these fields to follow the same trajectory. These are the predictions made by managers in the four activity sectors that were interviewed by the National Statistics Institute. The managers of companies in the processing industry estimate an increase in the output volume, both in the industry as a whole and for groups of companies categorised by size. Managers of large companies with 500 employees or more are the most optimistic of all. As regards the prices of industrial products, they will continue on an upward trend in the forthcoming period. When it comes to the number of employees, it is quite a different story; as a matter of fact, managers of big companies are the only interviewees to announce a drop in the number of their employees. Middle-sized companies, with 250 – 499 employees will be particularly affected by personnel cuts. ZF