23 January 2013
2013- n° 18The economic situation in the wholesale trade has remained dull in January 2013 Bi-monthly survey of wholesaling - January 2013
According to the business leaders questioned in January 2013, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector has remained dull. The business climate indicator has decreased by one point compared to November and stays below its long-period average.
Total French wholesale trade
According to the business leaders questioned in January 2013, the economic situation in the wholesale trade sector has remained dull. The business climate indicator has decreased by one point compared to November and stays below its long-period average.
The turning-point indicator is located in the unfavourable 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* | July 12 | Sept. 12 | Nov. 12 | Jan. 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate indicator | 100 | 95 | 91 | 90 | 89 |
| General outlook | –24 | –54 | –56 | –51 | –53 |
| Sales | –13 | –20 | –22 | –30 | –33 |
| export sales | –15 | –14 | –20 | –19 | –23 |
| Received merchandise | –9 | –17 | –18 | –22 | –25 |
| received from abroad | –10 | –14 | –19 | –18 | –18 |
| Ordering intentions | –15 | –20 | –26 | –25 | –25 |
| ordering from abroad | –15 | –15 | –28 | –19 | –24 |
| Shipments abroad | –15 | –16 | –22 | –20 | –20 |
| Current stock | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Past workforce | –1 | –2 | –6 | –11 | –12 |
| Expecting workforce | –3 | –5 | –8 | –10 | –12 |
| Cash position | –10 | –8 | –7 | –8 | –8 |
| Past selling prices | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | –5 |
| Expecting selling prices | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
- * : average since september 1979
- Source : French business survey in the wholesale trade - Insee
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Time series : Wholesale trade
