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Hence, improved performance in this quarter was driven by increased domestic sales and exports, raising the levels of production and capacity utilization. However, final product inventories remained at a considerably higher level compared to the previous quarter, which is a point of concern. Secondly, disaggregating the Business Barometer Index (BBI) by firm size indicate declined SMEs performance for the third consecutive quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this issue of the Business Barometer, firms\u2019 performance in the second quarter of FY2019\/2020 (October-December 2019) slightly improved compared to the preceding quarter, recording 52 points (two points above the neutral level of 50 pts). 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