SKOPJE (Macedonia), November 15 (SeeNews) – The business confidence indicator in Macedonia's manufacturing sector rose by 2.3 percentage points year-on-year in October, the country's statistical office said on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the business confidence indicator in manufacturing increased by 0.1 percentage points in October, Makstat said in statement on the results of a survey conducted among local managers.
“The situation with the current volume of production orders in October 2018 is less favourable compared to the previous month, the expectations for the production volume for the next three months are more favourable and the stocks of finished goods have decreased compared to September 2018," the statistical office said.
Managers expect the number of employees in the manufacturing sector to decrease over the following months.