22 July 2010
2010- n° 193In July 2010, the economic climate in services remains hesitant Monthly survey of services - July 2010
According to the business leaders surveyed in July, the economic situation in services remains stable. The synthetic indicator is 98 like in June.
According to the business leaders surveyed in July, the economic situation in services remains stable. The synthetic indicator is 98 like in June.
The general outlook remains mediocre. It has not changed since April.
The business leaders surveyed consider that their activity was more sustained during the last few months, and that their operating balance result accelerated. However, they are less confident about the following months. According to them, demand should remain moderate in the next few months, and activity and operating balance result should slow down.
graphiqueGraph1 – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueGraph2 – Activity
tableauTable_quarter – Economic outlook in the services sector
| Average* | April 10 | May 10 | June 10 | July 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 |
| General outlook | –5 | –8 | –8 | –8 | –8 |
| Past activity | 4 | –2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Expected activity | 4 | 2 | 2 | –1 | –4 |
| Expected demand | 1 | 3 | 3 | –1 | –2 |
| Business situation | 0 | –3 | –1 | 1 | 0 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | –14 | –12 | –8 | –6 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –7 | –5 | –5 | –9 |
| Past employment | 3 | –1 | –1 | 5 | 4 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | –3 | –4 | 0 | –1 |
| Expected employment | 3 | –5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | –4 | –4 | –3 | –4 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | –2 | 0 | –1 | 3 |
| Expected investments | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –2 |
| Operating balance result | |||||
| Past result | –1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Expected result | 0 | 1 | –6 | ||
| Cash position | –10 | –14 | –10 | ||
| Difficulties of supply and demand | |||||
| difficulties of supply and demand | 9 | 11 | 11 | ||
| difficulties of supply only | 23 | 20 | 22 | ||
| difficulties of demand only | 29 | 38 | 35 | ||
| Difficulties in recruitment | 32 | 19 | 19 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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