REGIONAL NETWORK

Even though contacts report a sharp rise in prices over the past twelve months, a majority of contacts expect an accelerating rise in prices in the year ahead, reflecting

Services and building and construction expected prices to rise more rapidly ahead, while manufacturing and retail trade contacts expect the rise in prices to slow. Overall

Traditional export industry contacts report weaker growth in output than in the previous survey, but output continues to expand at a moderate pace.. Capacity constraints are having a

Contacts expect annual wage growth of 2.8 percent in 2018, the same as the May estimate (Chart 6). The wage growth estimate from the previous survey is being pushed up by

Growth in domestically oriented manufacturing and the export industry is expected to be more moderate, at about the pace prevailing over the past 3 months.. The construction

Export industry contacts reported weak output growth, somewhat lower than in the previous survey.. Demand from the international petroleum industry was reported to be lower and a

Contacts in the construction industry reported that volume growth had been moderate over the past 3 months, approximately unchanged since the previous round.. The level

Overall employment levels in enterprises have fallen somewhat over the past 3 months and developments have been slightly weaker than contacts envisaged in August.. No private sector