Business tendency – April 2026 | GUS - Portal Informacyjny

In April 2026, general business climate indicators for most of presented types of activity point at stabilisation or improvement of the economy. The most significant upturn is noted in accommodation and food service activities section. A significant decline is ob-served in transportation and storage section.

In majority of studied areas, month-to-month level of diagnostic components does not change or improves, while in the case of forecasting ones it does not change or deterio-rates.

Entities from financial and insurance activities section assess business tendency most positively¹ (plus 29.3), where value of the indicator is above the long-term mean² (plus 25.4). The most pessimistic assessments are made by entities operating in transportation and storage section (minus 5.6), where value of the indicator is below the long-term mean (minus 0.9).

¹By the phrase „positive” (positive value of the indicator) we consider a situation when percentage of entrepreneurs who noted or expect improvement of their entities’ economic situation in the next three months outweighs percentage of entrepreneurs experiencing or expecting its deterioration.

²The long-term mean for the particular types of activity includes the following period: since 2000 – for manufacturing, construction, retail trade; since 2003 – for transportation and storage, accommodation and food service activities, information and communication, financial and insurance activities; since 2011 – for wholesale trade.