July 28 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s business climate worsened in July, with the sentiment indicator losing 0.9 points during the month, following a 0.9 point increase in June, data from the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed on Thursday.
The negative development reflects a strong decrease in the perceptions for the business climate in the services sector, while in industry and retail trade, the business conditions remained the same, NSI said in its monthly business mood survey. In construction, the business climate improved.
Details about the month-on-month change in sub-indices follow (in points):
Sub-index |
July |
June |
Industry |
0.0 |
+0.8 |
Retail trade |
0.0 |
+0.9 |
Construction |
+1.3 |
-1.8 |
Services |
-5.7 |
+3.9 |
source: NSI