{"id":23632,"date":"2026-02-27T10:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/?post_type=pubblicazioni&#038;p=23632"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:27:39","slug":"february-companies-expect-a-strengthening-of-business","status":"publish","type":"pubblicazioni","link":"https:\/\/www.confindustria.it\/en\/publications\/february-companies-expect-a-strengthening-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"February: companies expect activity to strengthen"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The quick survey on industrial production at large enterprises associated with Confindustria\u00b9 shows, in the February survey, a <strong>improving expectations<\/strong> compared to the previous month. The<strong> half<\/strong> of the companies surveyed (50.3%) expect a <strong>increased production<\/strong>, moderate or significant, while 38.8% expects a substantial <strong>stability<\/strong>. It remains very <strong>contained quota<\/strong> of those who anticipate a <strong>drop<\/strong> (10,9%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23629 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100312\/grafico1-inda-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100312\/grafico1-inda-2.png 550w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100312\/grafico1-inda-2-480x437.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also this month <strong>demand and orders<\/strong> continued to be the main element supporting production. However, while remaining in expansionary territory, the balance in February decreased compared to January, from 3.8% to 0.3% (Chart 2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Business expectations on the <strong>availability<\/strong> of labour in the coming months are again positive: the balance in the current month is 2.1%, after -1.2% in the previous survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The relative balance <strong>to production costs<\/strong> in the survey month improved, but confirmed the period of negative expectations (-3.2% from -4.6%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Judgments regarding the <strong>financial conditions<\/strong> this month slipped into negative territory (-0.7% from 0.1%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Regarding the <strong>availability of materials<\/strong>, the balance of responses in February was positive, but weakened compared to the previous survey (1.0% from 1.5% in January).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The judgement of large companies on the <strong>availability of facilities<\/strong> barely increased in the current month's survey (0.6% after 0.4% in December).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100433\/grafico2-inda.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100433\/grafico2-inda.png 535w, https:\/\/public.confindustria.it\/repository\/2025\/11\/27100433\/grafico2-inda-480x717.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 535px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019indagine rapida sulla produzione industriale presso le grandi imprese associate a Confindustria\u00b9 indica, nella rilevazione di febbraio, un miglioramento delle aspettative rispetto al mese precedente. La met\u00e0 delle imprese intervistate (50,3%) prevede un aumento della produzione, moderato o rilevante, mentre il 38,8% si attende una sostanziale stabilit\u00e0. Resta molto contenuta la quota di chi anticipa [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10803,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"in-evidenza":[],"prodotto":[225],"tag_globale":[],"tema_globale":[],"class_list":["post-23632","pubblicazioni","type-pubblicazioni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","prodotto-indagine-rapida"],"acf":{"scarica_nota":{"ID":23631,"id":23631,"title":"Pubblicazioni Novembre Gli Industriali Si At Confindustria Indagine Rapida CSC Feb26 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