Business tendency – October 2026
Compared to the previous month, in October 2026, general business climate indicators for all presented types of activity point at deterioration or stabilisation of the economy. The most significant decline has been noted in accommodation and food service activi-ties section as well as construction.
Entities from financial and insurance activities section assess business tendency most positively1 (plus 29.4), where value of the indicator is above the long-term mean2 (plus 25.5). The most pessimistic assessments are made by entities operating in manufacturing (minus 6.6), where value of the indicator is below the long-term mean (plus 0.3).
In all surveyed areas, month-to-month level of both diagnostic and forecasting compo-nents does not change or decreases. The biggest decrease in diagnosis has been reported in accommodation and food service activities section, whereas the most significant de-cline in forecast is visible in construction.
1 By the phrase „positive” (positive value of the indicator) we consider a situation when percentage of entrepreneurs who noted or expect improvement of their entities’ economic situation in the next three months outweighs percentage of entrepreneurs experiencing or expecting its deterioration.
2The long-term mean for the particular types of activity includes the following period: since 2000 – for manufacturing, construction, retail trade; since 2003 – for transportation and storage, accommodation and food service activities, information and communication, financial and insurance activities; since 2011 – for wholesale trade.