Clear improvement of the economic climate in public works in the first quarter 2011

Quarterly business survey in public works – April 2011

According to the contractors interviewed in April 2011, the economic climate improves clearly in public works in the first quarter 2011.

Activity tendency in public works

Public works economic outlook
	Mean*	Jul. 10	Oct. 10	Jan. 11	Apr. 11
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
* Mean since january 1981
Sources : FNTP et Insee
Past activity	–6	–14	–6	–27	27
- of which public-sector project	–11	–17	–18	–38	19
- of which private-sector project	–11	–33	–6	–25	20
Expected activity	–15	–20	–17	–6	4
- of which public-sector project	–16	–26	–25	–7	–8
- of which private-sector project	–17	–22	–14	–7	–1
Opinion on order books	–28	–49	–39	–32	–23
Obstacles to production increase because of workforce shortage (in %)	24	5	5	8	10
Expected workforce	–17	–21	–11	–15	1

n° 108 - April 27, 2011

Quaterly survey of public works - April 2011

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