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The economic climate stays defavorable in the building industry in October 2012

Monthly business survey in the building industry – October 2012

According to the business leaders surveyed in October 2012, the situation stays defavorable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate remains stable and below 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.
Mean* July. 12 Aug. 12 Sept. 12 oct. 12
Business climate 100 95 95 94 94
Past activity –1 –19 –16 –16 –16
Expected activity –4 –18 –21 –18 –23
Gen. business outlook –16 –44 –45
Past employment –2 –14 –12 –17 –13
Expected employment –2 –17 –16 –18 –13
Opinion on order books –19 –36 –36 –36 –39
Order books (in month) 5,2 6,8 6,8 7,1 7,1
Productive capacity utilisation rate 89,1 87,2 86,9 86,7 86,6
Obstacles to production increase (in %) 34 26 24 22 23
- Because of workforce shortage(in %) 16,2 6,4 5,9 5,1 5,5
Hiring problems (in %) 60 53 48
Expected prices –12 –33 –36 –35 –29
Cash-flow position –8 –26 –30
Repayment period 27 41 43

Informations Rapides

n° 261 - October 23, 2012

Monthly survey of building - October 2012

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

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