Palestinian businessmen less optimistic

Published May 9th, 2005 - 01:17 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said that the levels of the owners/managers of the industrial establishments' optimisms in general declined continuously in different indicators during March compared with January 2005.

In a press release issued Monday, the PCBS added that the percentage of whom are expecting higher employment level declined to 43.7% compared with 28.0% for the same months.

The percentage of the owners/managers of the industrial establishments who expect improvement on the establishments situation declined to 9.9% during March compared with 8.6% during February, PCBS said.