Slovakia Business Morale Recovers in April

2026-04-29 08:02 By Nicole Aliyah 1 min. read

The industrial confidence indicator in Slovakia rose by 5.6 points month-on-month to 2.3 in April 2026, rebounding from -3.3 in the previous month and remained at its highest level since December 2025.

The improvement was mainly driven by a significant increase in expected production (31 vs 9 in March), particularly in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, and other transport equipment (64 vs 38) and furniture, other manufacturing, and repair and installation of machinery and equipment (19 vs 12), as well as in non-metallic minerals (15 vs -9).

Employment outlook also became less pessimistic (-6 vs -8), while stocks of finished products increased (22 vs 16).

At the same time, firms’ assessment of current industrial production improved (-2 vs -7), and views on the current level of orders also edged higher (-2 vs -3).

However, sentiment toward export orders deteriorated (-12 vs -7), pointing to weaker external demand.



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