According to the contractors interviewed in October 2011, the economic climate is deteriorating in public works in the third quarter 2011.
Activity tendency in public works

| Balances of opinion, in %, SA | |||||
| * Mean since january 1981 | |||||
| Sources : FNTP et Insee | |||||
| Mean* | Jan. 11 | Apr. 11 | July. 11 | Oct. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past activity | –6 | –26 | 27 | 28 | 9 |
| - of which public-sector project | –10 | –35 | 19 | 15 | –5 |
| - of which private-sector project | –11 | –27 | 20 | 23 | –1 |
| Expected activity | –15 | –3 | 6 | 3 | –8 |
| - of which public-sector project | –16 | –11 | –4 | –6 | –13 |
| - of which private-sector project | –17 | –8 | 3 | 6 | –14 |
| Opinion on order books | –28 | –30 | –24 | –13 | –15 |
| Obstacles to production increase because of workforce shortage (in %) | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 |
| Expected workforce | –17 | –12 | 2 | 9 | –7 |
n° 263 - October 25, 2011
Quaterly survey of public works - October 2011
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