23 January 2012
2012- n° 25The economic climate is stable in the building industry in January 2012 Monthly survey of building - January 2012
In the building industry, the synthetic indicator of business climate, built with balances of opinion, wins a point and reaches 100, its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
In the building industry, the synthetic indicator of business climate, built with balances of opinion, wins a point and reaches 100, its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
Mean* | Oct. 11 | Nov. 11 | Dec. 11 | Janv.12 | |
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Business climate | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 |
Past activity | –1 | –4 | –6 | –4 | –1 |
Expected activity | –4 | –5 | –10 | –14 | –14 |
Gen. business outlook | –15 | –27 | –31 | ||
Past employment | –2 | –3 | –8 | –7 | –6 |
Expected employment | –1 | –5 | –8 | –5 | –5 |
Opinion on order books | –18 | –30 | –29 | –27 | –24 |
Order books (in month) | 5,1 | 7 | 6,9 | 6,7 | 6,8 |
Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,2 | 88,4 | 88,7 | 88,7 | 89,4 |
Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 |
- Because of workforce shortage(in %)** | 16,5 | 7,6 | 7,2 | 6,9 | 7,7 |
Hiring problems (in %) | 60 | 55 | 56 | ||
Expected prices | –11 | –22 | –24 | –25 | –22 |
Cash-flow position | –7 | –14 | –8 | ||
Repayment period | 27 | 28 | 29 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
- ** This figure refers to all companies that responded to the survey.
graphiqueClimate – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueTurningPoint – Turning-point indicator
graphiquePcur – Productive capacity utilisation rate
graphiqueActivity – Activity tendency in the building industry
graphiqueWorkforce – Workforce size tendency in the building industry
graphiqueOrderBooks – Order books
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