Yerevan, August 23 /Mediamax/. The Armenian Central Bank published the indices of the business-atmosphere, economic activity and consumer confidence for the third quarter of 2007.

As Mediamax was in the CB press service, in the third quarter the index of the business-atmosphere made 50,9, the index of the economic activity - 69,2, and the index of consumer confidence - 52,4.

The indices are calculated by means of a survey, which is carried out with the participation of 838 organizations in the sphere of industry, construction and services, as well as among the 3007 households in Yerevan and the regions of the republic.

If the index exceeds the point of 50, the activity is high, if the index is below 50, the activity is considered to be low, 50 - standing state.

The ratio balance of the responses with the corresponding indices of the basis period allow getting the final indices, which, in the third quarter of 2007, as compared to the second quarter, make 89,9% - the index of the business-atmosphere, 99,7% - economic activity, 99,5% - consumer confidence.

In the second quarter of 2007, the business-atmosphere index made 56,6, the economic activity – 69,4, the consumer confidence index – 52,7.