Romania's business sentiment remains negative in Dec

In November the managers were slightly negative in their expectations about the performance of the country’s economy in the three months through January.

In the industrial sector, production is seen falling while employees and prices are expected to remain flattish through February, INS said in a statement.

Managers of construction companies see output, prices and the number of employees falling in the three months.

Managers in retail trade expect flat sales and prices while the number of employees is seen rising.

The expectations of managers in the services sector are that demand, prices and number of employees will remain unchanged in the period under review.

INS interviewed the managers of 8,221 companies operating in the four sectors for its December survey.