24 November 2009
2009- n° 303The economic situation in the wholesale trade remains deteriorated Bi-monthly survey of wholesaling - November 2009
According to the business leaders questioned in November 2009, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector remains deteriorated: the business climate indicator decreases by four points.
Total French wholesale trade
According to the business leaders questioned in November 2009, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector remains deteriorated: the business climate indicator decreases by four points.
The turning-point indicator remains at the bound of the neutral area and the favourable area.
graphiquegraph_ind_climaff_anglais – Business climate indicator
graphiquegraph_ind_retourn_anglais – Turning-point indicator
- Note: close to 1 (respectively -1), this indicator points to a favourable short-term economic situation (respectively unfavourable).
tableauTableau 1 – Total wholesale trade
Balances of opinion, in %, S.A.
| AVE* | may09 | jul09 | sep09 | nov09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate indicator | 100 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 75 |
| General outlook | –23 | –54 | –54 | –35 | –25 |
| Sales | –13 | –48 | –47 | –42 | –48 |
| export sales | –17 | –58 | –53 | –41 | –44 |
| Received merchandise | –9 | –40 | –41 | –37 | –39 |
| received from abroad | –9 | –42 | –42 | –34 | –42 |
| Ordering intentions | –15 | –43 | –37 | –37 | –36 |
| ordering from abroad | –16 | –46 | –38 | –31 | –37 |
| Shipments abroad | –18 | –55 | –36 | –43 | –36 |
| Current stock | 8 | –3 | –5 | –3 | –4 |
| Past workforce | 0 | –18 | –20 | –20 | –18 |
| Expecting workforce | –3 | –19 | –19 | –15 | –13 |
| Cash position | –12 | –16 | –13 | –13 | –11 |
| Past selling prices | 9 | –23 | –14 | –19 | –14 |
| Expecting selling prices | 17 | –5 | –10 | –7 | –7 |
- * : average since September 1979
- Source : French business survey in the wholesale trade - Insee
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Time series : Wholesale trade
