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 Economic climate indicator (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Economic climate indicator (%); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business
First available period January 1989
Last available period March 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
Concepts
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Definition Synthetic indicator estimated using balances of questions from the Manufacturing Industry, Trade, Construction and Public Works and Services Surveys.The methodology of this indicator is based on the factor analysis and the estimated series (the common component) is calibrated using the GDP (volume) rates of change. Values are seasonally adjusted.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 28/03/2025


information presented in 2/4/2025