RIED SGH - Business survey in manufacturing

Survey results - April 2025

In April, 2025, the industrial confidence indicator (ICI) increased again. The increase was 2.3 points. The current figure is -3.3 pts, 1.1 pts up from the April, 2024 figure. The increase in ICI was due to a rise in expected production and total orders. Manufacturers reported growing current production and selling prices. Their financial situation improved. Finished goods inventories and employment dropped. Producers’ opinions about general economic situation in Poland worsened. Expectations of the surveyed manufacturers for the coming months are modestly optimistic.

chart the industrial confidence indicator (ICI)

Researchers:
Elżbieta Adamowicz, adel@sgh.waw.pl
Konrad Walczyk, kwalcz1@sgh.waw.pl

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