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Economic indicators for Norway

General business tendency survey, manufacturing and mining. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed
  Actual change from previous quarter and expected developments in coming quarter. Diffusion index1 Capacity utilization Per cent General assessment of the outlook for next quarter Factors limiting production. Per cent of enterprises
Production Employment Demand Capacity Labour Raw materials
Actual Expected Actual Expected
                     
2012                    
1. Quarter 56,0 57,8 54,1 52,1 79,9 56,2 65 6 7 4
                     
2011                    
4. Quarter 55,7 57,7 53,7 52,3 79,6 56,1 65 6 7 4
3. Quarter 55,4 58,1 54,4 52,8 79,8 56,2 65 6 6 4
2. Quarter 55,8 58,8 54,9 53,5 80,1 57,5 64 6 6 4
1. Quarter 55,3 60,3 53,9 54,0 79,8 60,2 64 6 5 3
                     
2010                    
4. Quarter 53,7 60,8 50,7 53,3 79,1 61,0 67 6 3 4
3. Quarter 52,3 59,2 47,3 50,9 78,5 59,0 71 5 2 4
2. Quarter 51,3 56,3 45,7 47,3 77,8 56,2 73 5 2 4
1. Quarter 49,9 54,0 44,6 44,7 77,2 53,6 74 4 2 4
                     
2009                    
4. Quarter 48,1 50,6 42,6 42,1 77,0 50,5 76 4 2 3
3. Quarter 45,5 47,5 39,6 39,5 76,5 47,5 78 4 1 2
2. Quarter 40,8 44,5 36,8 37,0 76,2 43,9 79 4 1 2
1. Quarter 38,2 41,9 36,2 35,4 76,9 40,1 75 5 3 2
1  Calculated as the sum of the share of enterprises that responded HIGHER and half of the share of enterprises that responded UNCHANCED.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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