Articles for business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying
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2024
Optimism in Manufacturing Article 17 October
Norwegian industrial managers report growth in production in manufacturing in the 3rd quarter. New orders from both the domestic and export markets were unchanged. The general expectations for the 4th quarter of 2024 are positive for all types of goods.
Growth in the industrial production in 2nd quarter Article 25 July
Norwegian industrial managers report growth in production in manufacturing in the 2nd quarter. New orders for the domestic market were unchanged while they increased for the export market. The general expectations for the 3rd quarter of 2024 are positive for all types of goods.
Industrial production slightly down in 1st quarter, but positive expectations for the 2nd quarter Article 18 April
Norwegian industrial managers report a moderate decline in production in manufacturing in the 1st quarter. New orders for the domestic market fell while it increased for the export market. The general expectations for the 2nd quarter of 2024 are moderate positive for producers of capital goods and consumer goods, while most of the producers of intermediate goods expect the development to be unchanged.
Pessimistic expectations for the 1st quarter in Manufacturing Article 18 January
Norwegian industrial managers report a moderate decline in production in manufacturing in the 4th quarter. New orders fell for both the domestic market and the export market. The general expectations for the 1st quarter of 2024 are moderate positive for producers of capital goods, while the majority of producers of intermediate goods and consumer goods expect a negative development.
2023
Sector differences in Manufacturing Article 19 October
Norwegian industrial managers report a moderate decline in production in manufacturing in the 3rd quarter. New orders fell for both the domestic market and the export market. The general expectations for the 4th quarter of 2023 are positive for producers of capital goods, while the majority of producers of intermediate goods expect a negative development.
Moderate decline in activity in Manufacturing Article 25 July
Norwegian industrial managers report a decline in production in manufacturing in the 2nd quarter. New orders fell for both the domestic market and the export market. The general expectations for the 3rd quarter of 2023 are positive for producers of capital goods, while a negative development is expected for producers of intermediate goods and consumer goods.
Sector differences in Manufacturing Article 20 April
Norwegian industrial managers report unchanged production in manufacturing in the 1st quarter. New orders fell for the domestic market, while it was unchanged for the export market. The general expectations for the 2nd quarter of 2023 are positive for producers of capital goods, while a negative development is expected for producers of intermediate goods and consumer goods.
Unchanged production and negative outlook for manufacturing as a whole Article 19 January
Norwegian industrial managers report unchanged production in manufacturing in the 4th quarter. Industrial leaders report a decrease in new orders and the general expectations for the 1th quarter of 2023 are negative among most of the industrial leaders. Throughout, it is producers of intermediate goods who report the weakest development, while producers of capital goods report a positive development.
2022
The manufacturers expect a weak 4th quarter Article 20 October
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production and employment in manufacturing in the 3rd quarter, but growth is lower than in the previous quarter. Industrial managers report a decrease in new orders and the general expectations for the 4th quarter of 2022 are negative among most of the industrial leaders. At the same time, it is still a high proportion of the managers who report low profitability and high price growth of input factors
Managers report further growth in product and investment prices Article 21 July
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production and growth in prices and in the total stock of order in the 2nd quarter. The general expectations for the 3rd quarter of 2022 are positive among most of the industrial leaders, but the proportion positive is less than it was in the previous survey. At the same time, it is still a high proportion of the managers who report problems related to a shortage of raw materials and price increment.
Still shortage and price growth in manufacturing Article 21 April
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production and growth in prices and in the total stock of order in the 1st quarter. The general expectations for the 2nd quarter of 2022 are positive among most of the industrial leaders. Production and employment growth are also expected in the coming quarter. At the same time, a high proportion of the managers report problems related to a shortage of raw materials and price increment.
Resource shortage and price growth in manufacturing Article 20 January
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production and growth in prices in the 4th quarter. The general expectations for the 1st quarter of 2022 are positive among most of the industrial leaders. At the same time, a high proportion of them report that a shortage of raw materials limits production.
2021
Optimism in manufacturing Article 22 October
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production in the 3rd quarter. At the same time, a historically high proportion of them report that a shortage of raw materials limits production. The general expectations for the 4th quarter of 2021 are still positive among most of the industrial leaders.
Production growth in manufacturing Article 22 July
Norwegian industrial managers are reporting an increase in production in the second quarter. There is also growth in new orders and stock of orders. The general expectations for the third quarter of 2021 are also clearly positive among most of the industrial leaders.