SKOPJE (North Macedonia), July 15 (SeeNews) – The business confidence indicator in North Macedonia's manufacturing sector rose by 2.8 percentage points year-on-year in June, to 15.0 points, the country's statistical office said on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the business confidence index in manufacturing edged up by 0.2 percentage points in June, Makstat said in a press release announcing the results of a monthly survey of local managers.
“The situation with the current volume of production orders in June 2021 is more favourable compared to the previous month, the expectations for the production volume for the next three months are less favourable and the stocks of finish goods are increased," the statistical office said.
The managers who participated in the survey expect the number of employees in the manufacturing sector to increase in the coming period.