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Managers expect price increases in manufacturing, construction, retail and services sectors

September 24, 2025

Managers from manufacturing, construction, retail trade and services estimates a relative stability of the economic activity and the number of employees in August - October 2025 period, but also an increase of prices in all sectors, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data published on Thursday.Moreover, 63.3% from managers from construction and 60.4% from retail trade consider that the prices will grow.According to the business tendency survey, managers from the manufacturing industry forecast a relative stability of the production volume for the next three months, reflected by a balance of -0.5%.Regarding the number of employees, also, a relative stability is estimated (balance of -5.2%), while for the prices of industrial products, a growth is forecasted, indicated by a balance of +48.6%.Regarding the estimations from August 2025, in the next three months, in construction is forecasted a relative stability both in terms of production volume (balance of +1.1%) and in terms of the number of employees (balance +0.6%).As to the prices of construction works, a growth is forecasted, reflected by a balance of +61.9%.In the retail trade, managers estimated a relative stability of the turnover for the next three months (balance -0.5%).Regarding the number of employees, the employers forecast a relative stability, also in the number of employees (balance +3.7%). Growth of the prices are forecasted by the most of the respondents (60.4%) and only 1.1% consider that the prices will fall; the balance is 59.3%.According to the estimations the volume of the services (turnover) forecasted for the next three month indicates a relative stability, with a balance of +1.4%.In services, the number of the employees is forecasted to remain almost unchanged, with a balance of -1.8%.The sale or invoicing prices are forecasted to grow, reflected into a balance of +38.7%.

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