24 March 2011
2011- n° 75The economic climate stays stable in the building industry in March 2011 Monthly survey of building - March 2011
According to the contractors interviewed in March 2011 the economic climate stays stable in the building industry. With 100, the synthetic indicator of business climate remains its average of long period whereas the turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
According to the contractors interviewed in March 2011 the economic climate stays stable in the building industry. With 100, the synthetic indicator of business climate remains its average of long period whereas the turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
| Mean* | Dec. 10 | Jan. 11 | Feb. 11 | Mar. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| Past activity | 0 | –8 | –9 | –1 | 3 |
| Expected activity | –3 | –1 | –3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gen. business outlook | –15 | –10 | |||
| Past employment | –1 | –3 | –6 | –8 | –1 |
| Expected employment | 0 | –1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Opinion on order books | –16 | –32 | –29 | –25 | –29 |
| Order books (in month) | 5,5 | 6,8 | 6,9 | 7,1 | 7 |
| Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,4 | 87,6 | 87,5 | 88,1 | 88,2 |
| Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 32 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| - Because of workforce shortage(in %)** | 16,5 | 5,6 | 6,5 | 6,5 | 6,1 |
| Hiring problems (in %) | 62 | 58 | |||
| Expected prices | –13 | –32 | –27 | –23 | –11 |
| Cash-flow position | –6 | –16 | |||
| Repayment period | 25 | 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
Documentation
Methodology (2016) (pdf,170 Ko)
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