19 February 2010
2010- n° 48The economic climate remains stable in the building industry in February 2010 Monthly survey of building - February 2010
According to contractors surveyed in February 2010, the situation remains stable in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate has stabilized to 93, and the turning-point indicator remains in the positive zone with a value close to 1.
According to contractors surveyed in February 2010, the situation remains stable in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate has stabilized to 93, and the turning-point indicator remains in the positive zone with a value close to 1.
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
Mean* | Nov. 09 | Dec. 09 | Jan. 10 | Feb. 10 | |
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Business climate | 100 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 |
Past activity | –1 | –26 | –27 | –26 | –22 |
Expected activity | –4 | –20 | –21 | –21 | –18 |
Gen. business outlook | –15 | –34 | |||
Past employment | –2 | –16 | –16 | –19 | –18 |
Expected employment | –2 | –14 | –14 | –13 | –15 |
Opinion on order books | –17 | –52 | –47 | –46 | –47 |
Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 5,5 | 5,5 | 5,6 | 5,6 |
Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,3 | 86,3 | 85,1 | 86,3 | 86,3 |
Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 |
- Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 17,0 | 6,5 | 6,4 | 5,9 | 5,2 |
Hiring problems (in %) | 61 | 46 | |||
Expected prices | –9 | –36 | –40 | –39 | –31 |
Cash-flow position | –6 | –16 | |||
Repayment period | 26 | 25 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
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
Documentation
Methodology (2016) (pdf,170 Ko)
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