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Businesses and consumers pessimistic about economy
Businesses and consumers are pessimistic about economic growth this year. For the first time in Albania published Business Confidence Index and the Consumer, which is an important indicator in deciding economic policies. Bank of Albania published yesterday the results of the Business and Consumer Survey, which show that the last quarter of last year and first quarter of this year, at present a positive picture for the two categories included in the survey. The survey included 720 businesses and 1200 consumers. Features of these indicators is that they provide information on the tendency of various economic indicators, based on qualitative opinions, obtained in these two categories. “All users of this information should be aware that this information does not replace or duplicate the official macroeconomic statistics”, – said Governor of the Bank of Albania, Ardian Fullani. Bank of Albania conducts these surveys in collaboration with INSTAT. Read the rest of this entry »