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CONFIDEX Index: Companies in services, energy most optimistic amid unstable global context

April 15, 2025

The 12th edition of the CONFIDEX study, which measures the confidence levels of managers heading companies in Romania, highlights the pressures of an increasingly unstable global context but also increased resilience and adaptability. The most optimistic managers were in the services and energy sectors, while most pessimistic were active in agriculture and transportation.

The survey, supported by private equity funds ROCA, Agista, and CITR, included over 500 managers from small, medium-sized,...

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