BMI: Moderate expansion in May

Compared to the previous May values, this year’s value is higher than the long-term average for this month (52.5) and also exceeds the average of the previous three years’ values for this month (55.1).

Except for one of the sub-indices examined in the survey, the values showed an increase. In one case, the rate of changes exceeded nine percentage points.

The value of the employment index is 0.6 percentage points lower this month, but it shows expansion for the twentieth time. In the past period, the index hovered around 50.0 points, which expanded more slowly this month (52.8).