21 January 2011
2011- n° 19The economic climate is wavering in the building industry in January 2011 Monthly survey of building - january 2011
According to the contractors interviewed in January 2011 the economic climate remains wavering in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate loses a point and the turning-point indicator indicates a unfavorable climate .
According to the contractors interviewed in January 2011 the economic climate remains wavering in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate loses a point and the turning-point indicator indicates a unfavorable climate .
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
| Mean* | Oct. 10 | Nov. 10 | Dec. 10 | Jan. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate | 100 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 98 |
| Past activity | 0 | –16 | –17 | –8 | –12 |
| Expected activity | –3 | –5 | 1 | –1 | –2 |
| Gen. business outlook | –15 | –12 | –10 | ||
| Past employment | –1 | –14 | –6 | –3 | –5 |
| Expected employment | 0 | –8 | –4 | –1 | 1 |
| Opinion on order books | –16 | –41 | –36 | –32 | –32 |
| Order books (in month) | 5,4 | 6,4 | 6,5 | 6,8 | 6,8 |
| Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,4 | 85,2 | 85,9 | 87,6 | 86,6 |
| Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 32 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 21 |
| - Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 16,6 | 4,3 | 4,6 | 5,6 | 4,8 |
| Hiring problems (in %) | 62 | 55 | 58 | ||
| Expected prices | –13 | –40 | –35 | –32 | –33 |
| Cash-flow position | –6 | –17 | –16 | ||
| Repayment period | 25 | 29 | 32 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
- ** This figure refers to all companies that responded to the survey.
graphiqueClimate – Business climate synthetic indicator

graphiqueTurningPoint – Turning-point indicator

- Lecture : close to 1 (respectively -1), it indicates a favorable climate (respectively unfavorable).
graphiquePcur – Productive capacity utilisation rate

graphiqueActivity – Activity tendency in the building industry

graphiqueWorkforce – Workforce size tendency in the building industry

graphiqueOrderBooks – Order books

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Methodology (2016) (pdf,170 Ko)
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