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 Expected change in prices charged over the next 3 months (Seasonal adjusted balance) for manufacturing industry
Characteristic Description
Name Expected change in prices charged over the next 3 months (Seasonal adjusted balance) for manufacturing industry; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - industry survey, 2025
First available period January 1987
Last available period August 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
Concepts
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • BALANCE:  Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.) and negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn't know".;
Definition Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.) and negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn"t know". Values are seasonally adjusted.
Formule

Balance = %answer (+) - %answer (-)

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 28/08/2025


information presented in 18/9/2025