"Figure 3: 31% of trading businesses expected to increase the prices of the goods or services they sold in April 2022, in comparison 1% expected prices to decrease","" "Price expectations, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 1 to 30 April 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. “Mining and quarrying” and “water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”. 2. Caution should be taken when interpreting expectations questions as the employees responding on behalf of businesses may not have full oversight of all of their business's future expectations." "Unit","%" "","" "Industries","Not applicable","Not sure","Prices will decrease","Prices will stay the same","Prices will increase" "Accommodation and food service activities","2.2","11.9","*","40.7","45.1" "Construction","11.5","16.1","*","28.8","42.6" "Other service activities","14.2","12.8","*","34.1","38.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","3","13.2","3.1","43.2","37.6" "Transportation and storage","11.7","25.8","4","21.3","37.3" "Manufacturing","2.5","6.3","*","55.6","35.5" "Administrative and support service activities","23.6","7.8","1.1","40.1","27.5" "Real estate activities","26.6","5.3","*","46.1","21.9" "Professional scientific and technical activities","19.3","7.2","*","54.3","18.4" "Information and communication","23.4","9.3","1.6","49.2","16.4" "Education","24.8","1.6","*","58.8","14.7" "Arts entertainment and recreation","28.1","9.4","*","49.1","13.4" "Human health and social work activities","20","1.4","*","67.8","10.7" "All industries","13.4","11.1","1.3","43.6","30.6"