The economic outlook is slightly less degraded in the building industryMonthly survey of building - September 2009
According to entrepreneurs surveyed in September 2009, the decline in activity diminishes in the construction industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate rose two points to 93.
According to entrepreneurs surveyed in September 2009, the decline in activity diminishes in the construction industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate rose two points to 93.
For the first time since April 2008 the turning-point indicator clearly moves up in the favorable area with a positive value close to 1. However, the indicator value for the last month may be revised next month: we should wait at least two consecutive months to analyze a wide variation as a significant cyclical change.
graphique Climate – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphique TurningPoint – Turning-point indicator
graphique Pcur – Productive capacity utilisation rate
graphique Activity – Activity tendency in the building industry
graphique Workforce – Workforce size tendency in the building industry
graphique OrderBooks – Order books
tableau Tableau 4 – Building industry economic outlook
| Mean* | May 09 | Jun. 09 | Jul. 09 | Sep. 09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate | 100 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 93 |
| Past activity | -1 | -27 | -33 | -35 | -31 |
| Expected activity | -4 | -34 | -33 | -33 | -22 |
| Gen. business outlook | -15 | -45 | |||
| Past employment | -1 | -17 | -16 | -17 | -16 |
| Expected employment | -1 | -19 | -18 | -18 | -15 |
| Opinion on order books | -16 | -52 | -44 | -49 | -48 |
| Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 5,5 | 5,6 | 5,4 | 5,6 |
| Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,4 | 87,7 | 87,8 | 86,9 | 88 |
| Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 30 | 32 | 23 | 32 |
| - Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 17,3 | 6,2 | 5,8 | 7,3 | 6,9 |
| Hiring problems (in %) | 61 | 47 | |||
| Prices | -9 | -36 | -35 | -41 | -31 |
| Cash-flow position | -6 | -24 | |||
| Repayment period | 26 | 29 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
Documentation
Methodology (2016) (pdf, 170 Ko)