23 September 2009

2009- n° 195
The economic situation in manufacturing industry improves anew Monthly business survey (goods-producing industries) - September 2009

According to the business leaders questioned in September, the industrial economic situation in France continues to improve: the business climate indicator increases for the sixth month in a row. The turning point indicator stabilizes in the favorable area.

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Manufacturing industry

They are more and more business leaders who consider that their past activity rised in manufacturing industry. Stocks of finished goods decrease again and are rated inferior to their long-term average from now on. Total and export books grow slightly but are still considered as very low.

The personal production outlook for the next months continues to increase. The general production outlook, which represents business leader’s opinion on French industry as a whole, rises too.

tableauTableau 1 – Leaders' opinion: manufacturing industrial activity

Balance of opinion, s.a, in %

Leaders' opinion: manufacturing industrial activity (Balance of opinion, s.a, in %)
Manufacturing industry	Average*	MAY09	JUN09	JUL09	SEP09
Synthetic index	100	74	77	79	85
Recent changes in output	4	-48	-41	-34	-17
Finished-goods inventory level	14	13	12	5	0
Demand and total order levels	-18	-69	-69	-68	-59
Demand and export order levels	-13	-69	-67	-66	-56
Personal production expectations	4	-28	-18	-16	-11
General production expectations	-9	-50	-40	-39	-16

* : The average of the balances opinion since 1976.
Source : Monthly business survey - INSEE