23 March 2012
2012- n° 75In March 2012, the economic climate improves slightly in services Monthly survey of services - March 2012
According to the business leaders surveyed in March 2012, the economic situation in services improves slightly. The business climate synthetic indicator rises by two points to 93. He remains below its long-term average. The turning point indicator continues to indicate an unfavourable economic situation.
According to the business leaders surveyed in March 2012, the economic situation in services improves slightly. The business climate synthetic indicator rises by two points to 93. He remains below its long-term average. The turning point indicator continues to indicate an unfavourable economic situation.
The business leaders consider that their activity accelerated during the last few months, but they remain pessimistic in their expectations.
The general outlook is recovering but remains 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* | Dec. 11 | Jan. 12 | Feb. 12 | Mar. 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 93 |
| General outlook | –5 | –17 | –19 | –18 | –15 |
| Past activity | 4 | –1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Expected activity | 4 | –3 | –7 | –6 | –6 |
| Expected demand | 1 | –6 | –13 | –14 | –12 |
| Business situation | 0 | –7 | –5 | –6 | –5 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | –4 | –3 | –3 | –1 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –2 | 1 | –3 | 0 |
| Past employment | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | –1 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 2 | –2 | 2 | –2 |
| Expected employment | 3 | 1 | –3 | –5 | –2 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | –4 | –3 | –4 | –3 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Expected investments | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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