In March 2018, the KOF Economic Barometer fell from 108.4 in the previous month (revised up from 108.0) by 2.4 points to a level of 106.0. This drop of the barometer more than corrected its rise in February. From a longer-term perspective, whilst the barometer is quite volatile at the right margin, it is moving in a range clearly above average since autumn 2016.

The strongest negative contributions to this result come from manufacturing, followed by the indicators from the exporting industry. On the other hand, the indicators from the financial sector, from the hospitality industry and those relating to domestic private consumption have remained practically unchanged.