24 March 2011
2011- n° 72The economic situation in the wholesale trade significantly improves in March 2011 Bi-monthly survey of wholesaling - March 2011
According to the business leaders questioned in March 2011, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector significantly improves: the business climate indicator increases by five points.
Total French wholesale trade
According to the business leaders questioned in March 2011, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector significantly improves: the business climate indicator increases by five points.
The turning-point indicator remains in the favourable area.
graphiquegraph_indclimaff_anglais – Business climate indicator
graphiquegraph_indretournf_anglais – Turning-point indicator
- Note: close to 1 (respectively -1), this indicator points to a favourable short-term economic situation (respectively unfavourable).
tableautab_cgens_anglais – Total wholesale trade
Balances of opinion, in %, S.A.
| AVE* | SEP 10 | NOV 10 | JAN 11 | MAR 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate indicator | 100 | 105 | 103 | 104 | 109 |
| General outlook | –23 | –12 | –7 | –7 | –2 |
| Sales | –13 | –9 | –14 | –11 | –1 |
| export sales | –15 | –4 | –10 | –9 | –18 |
| Received merchandise | –8 | –6 | –10 | –7 | 0 |
| received from abroad | –10 | –3 | –5 | –7 | –1 |
| Ordering intentions | –15 | –12 | –11 | –10 | –4 |
| ordering from abroad | –15 | –13 | –12 | –8 | –5 |
| Shipments abroad | –15 | –12 | –9 | –7 | –4 |
| Current stock | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Past workforce | –1 | –6 | –2 | 1 | 1 |
| Expecting workforce | –3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cash position | –11 | –6 | –6 | –4 | –6 |
| Past selling prices | 9 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 21 |
| Expecting selling prices | 17 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 26 |
- * : average since september 1979
- Source : French business survey in the wholesale trade - Insee
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Time series : Wholesale trade
