23 June 2010
2010- n° 161In June 2010, the economic situation in the retail trade and in the trade and repair
of motor vehicles slows down to its average Monthly survey of retailing - June 2010
According to the business leaders questioned in June, the economic situation slows down again in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles: the synthetic indicator still loses two points and reaches its long-term average.
According to the business leaders questioned in June, the economic situation slows down again in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles: the synthetic indicator still loses two points and reaches its long-term average.
Recent sales declined, specifically in the motor vehicles sector. Overall economic expectations decrease again and go under their long-term average, indicating that retailers’opinion is a little more pessimistic about the economic situation in the trade sector. Expected sales and ordering intentions stabilise. Each of these two balances of opinion remains at its medium level.
graphiquegraph_indsynt_en – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueGraph_ventes_ic_en – Recent sales and ordering intentions
tableautab1_en – Global data
Average (1) | March 10 | April 10 | May 10 | June 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Business climate | 100 | 98 | 105 | 103 | 101 |
General business outlook | –29 | –29 | –23 | –29 | –31 |
Recent sales | –3 | –20 | –3 | 2 | –2 |
Expected sales | 1 | –6 | 0 | –1 | –2 |
Ordering intentions | –7 | –11 | –1 | –6 | –5 |
Stocks | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Workforce size: recent trend | 2 | –9 | –4 | –1 | –3 |
Workforce size: future trend | –1 | –4 | –4 | –1 | –4 |
- (1) Mean since 1991 (2004 for recent and expected sales and ordering intentions).
- Source: monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - INSEE
Documentation
Methodology (pdf,129 Ko)