04/24/2019
Ljubljana, 24 April (STA) - Business sentiment decreased for the second month running in April. The indicator declined by 2.1 percentage points over March 2019 and by 6.4 points year-on-year, the Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
The manufacturing confidence indicator had the greatest impact on the deterioration of the sentiment indicator at the monthly level, having dropped by 1.1 points, but indicators measuring confidence in retail, construction and among consumers deteriorated as well.
The decline at the annual level was also driven by manufacturing, where the indicator was down 3.3 points. The sentiment indicators among consumers in services and in construction also had a negative impact.