23 September 2009
2009- n° n° The economic situation in services improves gradually Monthly survey of services - September 2009
According to the business leaders surveyed in September, the economic situation in services continues to improve progressively: the synthetic indicator went up by eight points since the July survey.
According to the business leaders surveyed in September, the economic situation in services continues to improve progressively: the synthetic indicator went up by eight points since the July survey.
Business leaders consider that the activity recovered in the past few months. Their expectations remain rather pessimistic, so the activity should increase less markedly in the next few months.
The general outlook in services becomes less and less deteriorated.
graphiqueGraph1 – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueGraph2 – Activity
tableauTableau 1 – Economic outlook in the services sector
| Average* | MAY | JUN | JUL | SEPT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 64 | 68 | 70 | 78 |
| General outlook | -4 | -32 | -28 | -26 | -18 |
| Past activity | 6 | -23 | -25 | -13 | -5 |
| Expected activity | 5 | -23 | -16 | -18 | -11 |
| Past employment | 4 | -23 | -18 | -15 | -16 |
| except temporary work agencies | 2 | -15 | -13 | -14 | -9 |
| Expected employment | 3 | -27 | -20 | -13 | -15 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | -18 | -18 | -15 | -11 |
| Past selling prices | -1 | -17 | -16 | -15 | -16 |
| Expected selling prices | 0 | -16 | -15 | -19 | -13 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: INSEE
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