Informations rapides
18 February 2011
2011- n° 46
The economic climate stays mitigated in the building industry in February 2011 Monthly survey of building - February 2011

According to the contractors interviewed in February 2011 the economic climate stays mitigated in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate stays close to its average of long period while the turning-point indicator indicates an unfavorable climate.

Informations rapides
No 46
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According to the contractors interviewed in February 2011 the economic climate stays mitigated in the building industry. The synthetic indicator of business climate stays close to its average of long period while the turning-point indicator indicates an unfavorable climate.

Tableau1Building industry economic outlook

Balances of opinion, in %, SA
Building industry economic outlook (Balances of opinion, in %, SA)
Mean* Nov. 10 Dec. 10 Jan. 11 Feb. 11
Business climate 100 97 99 99 99
Past activity 0 –17 –8 –9 –3
Expected activity –3 1 –1 –3 –3
Gen. business outlook –15 –10
Past employment –1 –6 –3 –6 –8
Expected employment 0 –4 –1 1 4
Opinion on order books –16 –36 –32 –29 –25
Order books (in month) 5,5 6,5 6,8 6,9 6,9
Productive capacity utilisation rate 89,4 85,9 87,6 87,5 87,9
Obstacles to production increase (in %) 32 14 27 24 25
- Because of workforce shortage(in %) 16,6 4,6 5,6 6,5 7,3
Hiring problems (in %) 62 58
Expected prices –13 –35 –32 –27 –23
Cash-flow position –6 –16
Repayment period 25 32
  • * Mean since september 1993.
  • ** This figure refers to all companies that responded to the survey.

ClimateBusiness climate synthetic indicator

TurningPointTurning-point indicator

  • Lecture : close to 1 (respectively -1), it indicates a favorable climate (respectively unfavorable).

PcurProductive capacity utilisation rate

ActivityActivity tendency in the building industry

WorkforceWorkforce size tendency in the building industry

OrderBooksOrder books

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