Confidence of trade and service enterprises

The seasonally adjusted market services confidence indicator improved to 87.3 in October (from 82.6 in September). The index increased in Transportation and storage (to 91.8), in Tourism services (to 90.3), in Information and communication (to 81.5) and in Business services and other services (to 84.3). On a regional basis, confidence improved in the North West (to 84.3), in the North East (to 89.1), in the Centre (to 88.0) and in the South (to 89.1).

The seasonally adjusted retail trade confidence indicator decreased to 92.3 in October (from 94.0 in September). The confidence diminished both in large scale distribution (moving to 89.8 from 93.0) and in small and medium scale distribution (passing to 96.1 from 97.4 of the previous month).