21 December 2012
2012- n° 314The economic climate stays defavorable in the building industry in December 2012 Monthly survey of building - December 2012
According to the business leaders surveyed in December 2012, the situation stays defavorable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate stays stable and below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
According to the business leaders surveyed in December 2012, the situation stays defavorable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate stays stable and below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the neutral zone.
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
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Balances of opinion, in %, SA
Mean* | Sept. 12 | Oct. 12 | Nov. 12 | Dec. 12 | |
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Business climate | 100 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 95 |
Past activity | –2 | –16 | –19 | –19 | –18 |
Expected activity | –4 | –18 | –27 | –23 | –21 |
Gen. business outlook | –16 | –45 | |||
Past employment | –2 | –17 | –10 | –9 | –11 |
Expected employment | –2 | –18 | –12 | –14 | –15 |
Opinion on order books | –19 | –36 | –40 | –39 | –40 |
Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 7,1 | 7,2 | 7,2 | 7,0 |
Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,1 | 86,7 | 85,3 | 86,3 | 86,5 |
Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
- Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 16,1 | 5,1 | 5,5 | 5,0 | 4,8 |
Hiring problems (in %) | 60 | 48,3 | |||
Expected prices | –12 | –35 | –30 | –29 | –28 |
Cash-flow position | –8 | –30 | |||
Repayment period | 27 | 43 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
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