23 March 2010
2010- n° 77The economic situation in the wholesale trade is still little favourable Bi-monthly survey of wholesaling - March 2010
According to the business leaders questioned in March 2010, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector is still little favourable: the business climate indicator increases by one point, but it remains low.
Total French wholesale trade
According to the business leaders questioned in March 2010, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector is still little favourable: the business climate indicator increases by one point, but it remains low.
The turning-point indicator is at the bound of the neutral area and the favourable area.
graphiquegraph_ind_climaff_anglais – Business climate indicator
graphiquegraph_ind_retourn_anglais – Turning-point indicator
- Note: close to 1 (respectively -1), this indicator points to a favourable short-term economic situation (respectively unfavourable).
tableautab_ens_anglais – Total wholesale trade
Balances of opinion, in %, S.A.
| AVE* | Sep 09 | Nov 09 | Jan 10 | Mar 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate indicator | 100 | 79 | 79 | 87 | 88 |
| General outlook | –24 | –35 | –25 | –23 | –29 |
| Sales | –13 | –42 | –45 | –32 | –33 |
| export sales | –17 | –41 | –43 | –39 | –35 |
| Received merchandise | –9 | –37 | –35 | –29 | –29 |
| received from abroad | –10 | –34 | –36 | –25 | –23 |
| Ordering intentions | –16 | –37 | –32 | –28 | –25 |
| ordering from abroad | –16 | –31 | –32 | –26 | –21 |
| Shipments abroad | –18 | –43 | –34 | –31 | –27 |
| Current stock | 8 | –3 | –1 | –1 | 0 |
| Past workforce | –1 | –20 | –17 | –16 | –15 |
| Expecting workforce | –3 | –15 | –12 | –9 | –10 |
| Cash position | –12 | –13 | –11 | –10 | –10 |
| Past selling prices | 8 | –19 | –13 | –7 | –11 |
| Expecting selling prices | 17 | –7 | –8 | –4 | 2 |
- * : average since September 1979
- Source : French business survey in the wholesale trade - Insee
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Time series : Wholesale trade
