Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q1 2017

Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying. Selected indicators. Diffusion index. Smoothed seasonally adjusted¹
	1st quarter 2017
	Changes from previous quarter	Expected changes in next quarter
¹A diffusion index is compiled using the estimated percentages on "ups" and "same" according to the formula: (ups + 0,5 * same). The diffusion index has a turning point at 50. An index value above 50 indicates growth in the variable, and opposite for a value below 50.
Total volume of production	50.0	52.2
Average capacity utilisation	49.7	51.8
Average employment	45.7	45.5
New orders received from home markets	51.4	53.2
New orders received from export markets	48.0	52.3
Total stock of orders	48.2	50.7
Prices on products at home markets	50.1	52.9
Prices on products at export markets	48.8	50.7

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