Informations rapides
24 March 2011
2011- n° 75
The 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.

Informations rapides
No 75
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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.

Tableau1Building industry economic outlook

Balances of opinion, in %, SA
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.

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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