23 September 2011
2011- n° 229In September 2011, the economic climate in services
is significantly deteriorating Monthly survey of services - September 2011
According to the business leaders surveyed in September, the economic situation in services is deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by eight points compared with July, and is 95. He stands now below its long-term average. The turning point indicator indicates an unfavourable economic situation.
According to the business leaders surveyed in September, the economic situation in services is deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by eight points compared with July, and is 95. He stands now below its long-term average. The turning point indicator indicates an unfavourable economic situation.
Activity is slowing down in the recent period and business leaders consider that activity should continue to decrease in the months to come.
The general outlook drops by twelve points compared with July and stands now below its long-term average.
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* | May 11 | June 11 | July 11 | Sept. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 107 | 107 | 103 | 95 |
| General outlook | –5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | –10 |
| Past activity | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Expected activity | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | –2 |
| Expected demand | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | –5 |
| Business situation | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | –2 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | –2 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | 5 | 0 | –2 | –1 |
| Past employment | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Expected employment | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Expected investments | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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