{"id":16452,"date":"2025-06-04T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/?post_type=pubblicazioni&#038;p=16452"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:29:15","slug":"may-businesses-are-less-pessimistic","status":"publish","type":"pubblicazioni","link":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/en\/publications\/may-businesses-are-less-pessimistic\/","title":{"rendered":"May: businesses are less pessimistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The quick survey of <strong>May<\/strong> on industrial production, conducted among large Confindustria member companies, shows <strong>slightly improved expectations<\/strong> compared to the previous month. The majority of respondents believe that production will remain stable (67.7%), while the share of those expecting an increase grows (28.7%) and the share of pessimists drops significantly (3.6%) (Chart 1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16570 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143856\/indagine-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143856\/indagine-1.png 602w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143856\/indagine-1-480x416.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 602px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The industrialists interviewed in May consider <strong>demand and orders<\/strong> as the main strengths supporting production. The balance remained substantially stable compared to the previous month, at +4.5% from +5.0% in April (Chart 2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Business expectations on the<strong> availability of labour<\/strong> in the coming months worsen (-1.4% from +0.4%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The balance related to <strong>production costs<\/strong> already negative in April worsens significantly in the May survey (-5.6% from -1.0%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Judgments regarding the <strong>financial conditions<\/strong>After a long period of optimism marked by positive balances, they returned to negative territory in May (-0.3% from +1.7%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On <strong>availability of materials<\/strong> expectations remain negative, but the balance improves significantly: in the May survey it stands at -0.6%, up from -6.4% in April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The industrialists' assessment of the<strong> availability of facilities<\/strong> continued to be positive in May with an improvement over the previous survey (+3.3% from +0.3% ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16571 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143923\/indagine-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143923\/indagine-2.png 506w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/05\/03143923\/indagine-2-480x683.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 506px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The May flash survey on industrial production, conducted among large companies affiliated with Confindustria, shows expectations improving slightly compared to the previous month. 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