18 February 2011
2011- n° 45In February 2011, the business climate in services continues to improve Monthly survey of services - February 2011
According to the business leaders surveyed in February, the economic situation in services continues to improve progressively. The business climate synthetic indicator has risen by one point per month since September 2010 and is 104 in February. The turning point indicator remains in the favourable area.
According to the business leaders surveyed in February, the economic situation in services continues to improve progressively. The business climate synthetic indicator has risen by one point per month since September 2010 and is 104 in February. The turning point indicator remains in the favourable area.
Activity accelerated in the last few months. The business leaders surveyed revise slightly upwards their activity expectations for the months to come. They consider that demand should remain rather favourable in the following months.
The general outlook remains almost unchanged.
graphiqueGraph1 – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiquegraph_retourn – Turning point indicator
- Note: close to 1 (respectively -1), this indicator indicates a favourable short-term economic situation (respectively unfavourable).
graphiqueGraph2 – Activity
tableauTable_quarter – Economic outlook in the services sector
| Average* | Nov.10 | Dec.10 | Jan.11 | Feb.11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 |
| General outlook | –5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Past activity | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| Expected activity | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Expected demand | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Business situation | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | –3 | –5 | –5 | –3 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Past employment | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Expected employment | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 5 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| Expected investments | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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