23 September 2009
2009- n° 198The economic situation in the wholesale trade is less deteriorated Bi-monthly survey of wholesaling - September 2009
According to the business leaders questioned in September, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector is less deteriorated: the business climate indicator increases by five points. It strays thus from its March’s low point, but remains at a low level.
Total French wholesale trade
According to the business leaders questioned in September, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector is less deteriorated: the business climate indicator increases by five points. It strays thus from its March’s low point, but remains at a low level.
The turning-point indicator comes back in the favourable area for the first time since the beginning of the second quarter.
graphiquegraph_ind_climaff_anglais – Business climate indicator
graphiquegraph_ind_retourn_anglais – Turning-point indicator
tableauTableau 2 – Total wholesale trade
| AVE* | mar09 | may08 | jul09 | sep09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate indicator | 100 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 78 |
| General outlook | -23 | -74 | -54 | -54 | -35 |
| Sales | -13 | -49 | -48 | -47 | -43 |
| export sales | -17 | -51 | -58 | -53 | -41 |
| Received merchandise | -9 | -41 | -40 | -41 | -38 |
| received from abroad | -9 | -41 | -42 | -42 | -35 |
| Ordering intentions | -15 | -47 | -43 | -37 | -38 |
| ordering from abroad | -16 | -53 | -46 | -38 | -33 |
| Shipments abroad | -18 | -49 | -55 | -36 | -43 |
| Current stock | 8 | 3 | -3 | -5 | -4 |
| Past workforce | 0 | -17 | -18 | -20 | -20 |
| Expecting workforce | -3 | -23 | -19 | -19 | -16 |
| Cash position | -12 | -17 | -16 | -13 | -13 |
| Past selling prices | 9 | -20 | -23 | -14 | -17 |
| Expecting selling prices | 17 | -11 | -5 | -10 | -7 |
- * : average since september 1979
- Source : French business survey in the wholesale trade - Insee
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Time series : Wholesale trade
