16 December 2011
2011- n° 309In December 2011, the business climate in services remains sluggish Monthly survey of services - December 2011
According to the business leaders surveyed in December, the economic situation in services is slightly deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by one point compared with November, and is 91. He stands below its long-term average.
According to the business leaders surveyed in December, the economic situation in services is slightly deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by one point compared with November, and is 91. He stands below its long-term average.
Business leaders consider that their activity continued to decrease the last few month. They do not revise their expectations of activity compared to the October survey. The corresponding balance of opinion remains unchanged and is -3.
The general outlook continues to deteriorate and is now -17.
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* | Sept. 11 | Oct. 11 | Nov. 11 | Dec. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 95 | 94 | 92 | 91 |
| General outlook | –5 | –10 | –12 | –15 | –17 |
| Past activity | 4 | 1 | –4 | –1 | –3 |
| Expected activity | 4 | –2 | 2 | –3 | –3 |
| Expected demand | 2 | –6 | –3 | –6 | –6 |
| Business situation | 1 | –2 | –5 | –6 | –7 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | –3 | –3 | –4 | –4 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –2 | –4 | –4 | –2 |
| Past employment | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
| Expected employment | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | 1 | –3 | –1 | –4 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Expected investments | 2 | 7 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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