In October 2012, the economic climate is deteriorating in public works

Quarterly business survey in public works – October 2012

According to the contractors interviewed in October 2012, the economic climate is deteriorating in public works in the fourth quarter.

Activity tendency in public works

Public works economic outlook
	Mean*	Jan. 12	Apr. 12	July. 12	Oct. 12
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
* Mean since january 1981
Sources: FNTP and INSEE
Past activity	–6	16	–27	–22	–6
- of which public-sector project	–11	3	–33	–35	–10
- of which private-sector project	–11	4	–28	–25	–11
Expected activity	–15	–15	–4	–6	–28
- of which public-sector project	–16	–21	–15	–14	–36
- of which private-sector project	–17	–18	–7	–11	–30
Opinion on order books	–28	–12	–15	–10	–18
Obstacles to production increase because of workforce shortage (in %)	24	9	11	6	5
Expected workforce	–16	–7	–5	–13	–23

n° 264 - October 25, 2012

Quaterly survey of public works - October 2012

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