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 Uncertainty regarding the evolution of business activity (Balance) for manufacturing industry
Characteristic Description
Name Uncertainty regarding the evolution of business activity (Balance) for manufacturing industry by Type of goods; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - industry survey, 2025
First available period May 2021
Last available period October 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of goods
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).
Definition Difference between the share of negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.) and positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn't know".
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 14/11/2025


information presented in 15/11/2025