The economy is recovering: the combined index for February rose by about 0.5%

The combined index for the month of February rose by 0.46%, an expression of the continued gradual recovery of the economy from the damage from the "Iron Swords" war. The war continues but its effect on activity has continued to weaken.

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The combined index was positively affected by the increase in the import of consumer goods, the import of production inputs, the export of goods, the rate of vacancies (February), the index of industrial production, the index of revenue in services, the index of revenue in retail trade (January), and the salaried jobs (December). Compared to these, credit card purchases (February), construction starts (fourth quarter) and service exports (December) decreased and had a negative impact on the index.