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The economic climate is deteriorating in the building industry in october 2011

Monthly business survey in the building industry – October 2011

In the building industry, the synthetic indicator of business climat drops by two points in October. The turning-point indicator indicates an unfavorable climate for the first time since the end of 2010.

Business climate synthetic indicator

Business climate synthetic indicator

Turning-point indicator

Turning-point indicator

Lecture : close to 1 (respectively -1), it indicates a favorable climate (respectively unfavorable).

Productive capacity utilisation rate

Productive capacity utilisation rate

Activity tendency in the building industry

Activity tendency in the building industry

Workforce size tendency in the building industry

Workforce size tendency in the building industry

Order books

Order books
Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
* Mean since september 1993.
** This figure refers to all companies that responded to the survey.
Mean* Jun. 11 Jul. 11 Sept. 11 Oct. 11
Business climate 100 102 102 101 99
Past activity –1 7 9 –1 –2
Expected activity –3 4 5 0 –3
Gen. business outlook –15 –3 –26
Past employment –1 5 4 4 –4
Expected employment –1 7 8 0 –5
Opinion on order books –18 –33 –33 –33 –32
Order books (in month) 5,1 6,3 6,4 6,5 6,6
Productive capacity utilisation rate 89,2 86,8 87,2 87,9 87,8
Obstacles to production increase (in %) 34 22 24 24 22
- Because of workforce shortage(in %)** 16,6 6,7 8,1 8,7 7,5
Hiring problems (in %) 60 55 56
Expected prices –11 –17 –14 –18 –20
Cash-flow position –7 –14 –13
Repayment period 27 24 26

Informations Rapides

n° 258 - October 21, 2011

Monthly survey of building - October 2011

Next issue June 25, 2013 08:45 - June 2013

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