Informations rapides
23 September 2010
2010- n° 229
In September 2010, the economic situation improves in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles Monthly survey of retailing - September 2010

According to the business leaders questioned in September, the economic situation improves in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles: the synthetic indicator increases and is now clearly above its long-term average.

Informations rapides
No 229
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According to the business leaders questioned in September, the economic situation improves in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles: the synthetic indicator increases and is now clearly above its long-term average.

Recent sales stabilized but this stability masks different tendencies: a rise in retail trade, a fall in trade of motor vehicles.

Expected sales and ordering intentions slightly increase. Overall economic expectations go up too, indicating that retailers’opinion becomes more optimistic about the economic situation in the trade sector.

graph_indsynt_enBusiness climate synthetic indicator

Graph_ventes_ic_enRecent sales and ordering intentions

Tableau 1Global data

Balances of opinion, %, SA
Global data (Balances of opinion, %, SA)
Mean (1) May 10 June 10 July 10 Sept. 10
Business climate 100 103 102 100 107
General business outlook -29 -29 -31 -30 -19
Recent sales -3 2 -1 -6 -3
Expected sales 1 -1 -1 -4 3
Ordering intentions -7 -6 -4 -11 -1
Stocks 10 9 5 12 6
Workforce size: recent trend 2 -1 -3 -3 -1
Workforce size: future trend -1 -1 -4 -2 0
  • (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

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