After its big jump in April, GKI’s economic sentiment index was slowly rising in the sum-mer months, and then it switched to stagnation by September. According to a survey conducted by GKI with the support of the EU, the months-long improvement in business expectations was only within the statistical margin of error in September, while consum-er expectations deteriorated slightly for the third month in a row. The GKI economic sen-timent index corresponds to its level at the end of 2019, i.e., before the crisis.