{charts} The key themes of the September survey were: • Activity measures generally lifted modestly, including business confidence, own activity, capacity utilisation, investment intentions and commercial construction intentions. The exceptions were export intentions and residential construction intentions. • Inflation pressures remain intense and are easing only very slowly. Pricing intentions eased 2 points to a net 68% of firms intending to raise their prices in the next three months. This is still more than three times the 1992-2020 average. Inflation expectations eased only slightly, and at 6% are still three ... (full story)