Table 1
Business or organization expectations over the next three months, fourth quarter of 2024 and first quarter of 2025
| Increase - Expected change, fourth quarter of 2024 | Stay about the same - Expected change, fourth quarter of 2024 | Decrease - Expected change, fourth quarter of 2024 | Not applicable - Expected change, fourth quarter of 2024 | Increase - Expected change, first quarter of 2025 | Stay about the same - Expected change, first quarter of 2025 | Decrease - Expected change, first quarter of 2025 | Not applicable- Expected change, first quarter of 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | % of businesses | |
| Number of employees | 8.6 | 83.4 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 83.3 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Vacant positions | 4.6 | 53.5 | 6.6 | 35.3 | 5.1 | 51.3 | 6.7 | 36.9 |
| Sales of goods and services offered by the business or organization | 16.6 | 61.0 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 16.7 | 62.8 | 17.5 | 3.1 |
| Selling price of goods and services offered by the business or organization | 19.3 | 69.7 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 24.8 | 64.9 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
| Demand for products and services offered by the business or organization | 16.4 | 64.5 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 65.4 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| Profitability | 12.4 | 53.3 | 32.0 | 2.3 | 12.2 | 55.4 | 29.6 | 2.7 |
Source(s):
Tables 33-10-0891-01 and 33-10-0916-01.
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