{"id":22866,"date":"2026-01-30T09:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/?post_type=pubblicazioni&#038;p=22866"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:54:06","slug":"january-companies-expect-stable-production","status":"publish","type":"pubblicazioni","link":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/en\/publications\/january-companies-expect-stable-production\/","title":{"rendered":"January: companies expect stable production"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The quick survey on industrial production at large industrial enterprises associated with Confindustria shows, in the January survey <strong>an improvement in expectations compared to the previous month<\/strong>. More than half of the companies expect production to remain unchanged (54.5%), while <strong>more than a third expect an increase<\/strong> (35.0%); the share of those reporting a moderate or significant decline remains small (10.5%).<\/li>\n<li>Looking at the quarterly dynamics (Chart 1), in Q4 2025, almost a quarter of the respondents (24.2%) expected a contraction in activity, compared to 45.5% who expected stable production and 30.3% who anticipated an increase. With the January survey, which kicks off the current quarter, an improvement in the economic picture is observed, attributable in particular to the <strong>reduction in the share of companies expecting a contraction in production<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22873 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30094602\/ind1gen-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30094602\/ind1gen-1.png 585w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30094602\/ind1gen-1-480x441.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 585px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The balance related to <strong>demand and orders<\/strong> remains the main strength supporting production. In January, the balance improved to 3.8%, after 2.0% in December (Chart 2).<\/li>\n<li>Business expectations on the <strong>availability of labour<\/strong> in the coming months remain firmly in negative territory: the balance in January was -1.2%, after -1.4% in the previous survey.<\/li>\n<li>The balance related to <strong>production costs<\/strong> in the current month confirmed the sharp deterioration seen in December (-4.6% from -5.0%).<\/li>\n<li>Judgments regarding the <strong>financial conditions<\/strong> worsened, while remaining weakly positive, compared to the previous month (+0.1% from +2.1%).<\/li>\n<li>Regarding the <strong>availability of materials<\/strong>, The balance of responses consolidated in the current month, rising to +1.5% from +0.9%.<\/li>\n<li>The industrialists' verdict on the <strong>availability of facilities<\/strong> deteriorated in the current month's survey (+0.4% after +1.4% in December).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30095211\/ind2gen-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30095211\/ind2gen-2.png 540w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2026\/01\/30095211\/ind2gen-2-480x702.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quick survey on industrial production among the large industrial enterprises associated with Confindustria shows, in the January survey, an improvement in expectations compared to the previous month. 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