26 May 2010
2010- n° 137May 2010: the economic climate in services remains stable Monthly survey of services - May 2010
According to the business leaders surveyed in May, the economic situation in services remains stable after the strong improvement recorded in April. The business climate synthetic indicator remains unchanged compared with April.
According to the business leaders surveyed in May, the economic situation in services remains stable after the strong improvement recorded in April. The business climate synthetic indicator remains unchanged compared with April.
The business leaders surveyed consider that their activity kept increasing at the same pace during the last few months, and that it should accelerate slightly in the next few months.
The general outlook in services is unchanged compared with April.
graphiqueGraph1 – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueGraph2 – Activity
tableauTab_ens_trim – Economic outlook in the services sector
| Average* | Feb. 10 | Mar. 10 | Apr. 10 | May. 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 93 | 92 | 98 | 98 |
| General outlook | –5 | –11 | –14 | –8 | –8 |
| Past activity | 4 | –2 | –3 | –2 | –1 |
| Expected activity | 4 | –4 | –2 | 2 | 1 |
| Expected demand | 1 | –6 | –5 | 3 | 3 |
| Business situation | 0 | –4 | –4 | –3 | –3 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | –12 | –11 | –14 | –11 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –7 | –5 | –7 | –6 |
| Past employment | 3 | –8 | –5 | –1 | –4 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | –10 | –7 | –3 | –5 |
| Expected employment | 3 | –6 | –5 | –5 | –1 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | –7 | –5 | –4 | –2 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | –2 | –5 | –2 | 0 |
| Expected investments | 1 | –6 | –2 | 1 | 4 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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