ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In April, according to Istat data, both the climate of consumer confidence and the composite indicator of the climate of trust of the enterprises are estimated to decrease (from 92,6 to 90,8 and from 97,3 to 95,2 respectively). Among consumers, there is a widespread worsening of opinions, especially those on the economic situation of the country: the economic climate is reduced from 88,1 to 82,7, the future climate drops from 85,3 to 82,5, the personal climate drops from 94,2 to 93,8 and the current climate decreases from 98,0 to 96,9.
With reference to enterprises, the decline is more marked in market services and construction. In particular, the climate of trust of the companies of the market services drops from 102,6 to 99,1 and that of the constructions flet from 103,6 to 100,9; in the manufacture the indicator of trust decreases from 88.7 to 87,9, while it improves in retail trade (the index rises from 100,5 to 100,8).
As for the components of the indices of trust, judgments on orders and expectations on production worsen in manufacturing and stocks are judged unchanged. In buildings both judgments on orders and/or plans of construction and the expectations on employment suffer a decline. In market services there is a widespread deterioration of all components. The deterioration of the sector index is mainly influenced by the fall in the tourism sector.
In retail trade, the increase in trust is mainly due to the improvement of sales judgments in the presence of a decrease in expectations and a stability of stocks. At the distribution circuit level, the index falls into the traditional distribution while in the large distribution there is an increase.
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