22 October 2009
2009- n° 272The economic climate stabilizes in the building industry in October 2009 Monthly survey of building - October 2009
According to contractors surveyed in October 2009, the situation has stabilized in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate remains stable to 93, and the turning-point indicator remains in the positive zone with a value close to 1.
According to contractors surveyed in October 2009, the situation has stabilized in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate remains stable to 93, and the turning-point indicator remains in the positive zone with a value close to 1.
graphiqueClimate – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueTurningPoint – Turning-point indicator
graphiquePcur – Productive capacity utilisation rate
graphiqueActivity – Activity tendency in the building industry
graphiqueWorkforce – Workforce size tendency in the building industry
graphiqueOrderBooks – Order books
tableauTableau 4 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
Mean* | Jun. 09 | Jul. 09 | Sep. 09 | Oct. 09 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Business climate | 100 | 92 | 91 | 93 | 93 |
Past activity | -1 | -33 | -35 | -30 | -29 |
Expected activity | -4 | -33 | -33 | -22 | -19 |
Gen. business outlook | -15 | -45 | -30 | ||
Past employment | -2 | -16 | -17 | -16 | -16 |
Expected employment | -1 | -18 | -18 | -14 | -12 |
Opinion on order books | -16 | -44 | -49 | -47 | -48 |
Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 5,6 | 5,4 | 5,6 | 5,4 |
Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,4 | 87,8 | 86,9 | 87,7 | 87,3 |
Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 29 |
- Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 17,2 | 5,8 | 7,3 | 5,6 | 6,1 |
Hiring problems (in %) | 61 | 47 | 45 | ||
Prices | -9 | -35 | -41 | -31 | -32 |
Cash-flow position | -6 | -21 | -20 | ||
Repayment period | 26 | 27 | 32 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
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