The outlooks from businessmen about their operations in the next half-year are relatively positive, as reported by Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LTRK).
This much comes from results of FUTURUM INDEKXX – LTRK independent think tank Futurum Latvia study of the mood of Latvian CEOs in March and April 2023.
LTRK board chairman Jānis Endziņš: “Finally we’ve crawled out of the pessimism zone. Experience shows that it will be reflected in national economy’s growth indexes.”
In Q1 2023 the most optimistic mood was observed in the commerce and production sectors, as well as among CEOs of construction companies.
CEOs of service companies are slightly more pessimistic.
Compared with Q3 2022, the mood has improved in all national economy sectors – mostly in the commercial and construction sectors. Some improvements are also observed in the service sector.
Large and medium-sized companies are generally more positive than smaller ones.
Companies that represent local and foreign capital are more optimistic than others, according to results of the study. Companies that represent local capital only are more pessimistic. Regionally-speaking, companies in Pieriga and Riga are generally more optimistic than companies located in other parts of Latvia.
Generally data indicates that various CEOs are now more positive about competition in their respective sectors, investments in their businesses, turnover and number of employees. Businesses are less optimistic about topics like their financial state, profitability, economic activity in their represented sector and overall national economic activity.
FUTURUM INDEKS reflects the overall mood of Latvian businesses and shows how various macroeconomic indexes could change in the future. Between the 13th of March and the 14th of April market and public opinion study centre SKDS interviewed 750 CEOs in all of Latvia. Futurum Latvia “unites the most knowledgeable and experienced entrepreneurs, researchers and experts from different fields in Latvia”. LTRK composed it in order “to strengthen the direction of economic thought in Latvia and promote sustainable growth in Latvia by ensuring the scientific study of socio-economic issues and the necessary analytical basis”.
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