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The economic climate stays dull in the building industry in May 2012

Monthly business survey in the building industry – May 2012

In the building industry, the synthetic indicator of business climate, built with balances of opinion, loses a point and stays under its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is again in the unfavorable zone.

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* Feb. 12 Mar. 12 Apr. 12 May. 12
Business climate 100 99 100 99 98
Past activity –1 –3 –6 –7 –15
Expected activity –4 –12 –10 –10 –16
Gen. business outlook –15 –24
Past employment –2 –7 –6 –6 –5
Expected employment –1 –4 –8 –8 –13
Opinion on order books –18 –27 –24 –26 –32
Order books (in month) 5,1 6,8 7 6,9 6,8
Productive capacity utilisation rate 89,1 88,9 88,9 88,6 87,8
Obstacles to production increase (in %) 34 23 25 25 25
- Because of workforce shortage(in %)** 16,4 7,3 7,8 8,7 9,4
Hiring problems (in %) 60 54
Expected prices –11 –22 –19 –23 –27
Cash-flow position –8 –21
Repayment period 27 39

Informations Rapides

n° 131 - May 24, 2012

Monthly survey of building - May 2012

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

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