29 August 2012
2012- n° 212The economic climate is deteriorated in the building industry in August 2012 Monthly survey of building - August 2012
According to the business leaders surveyed in August 2012, the situation was almost stable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate wins one point in August, but remains below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is again in the unfavorable zone.
Warning : This publication marks a significant innovation. Now Insee publishes the results of surveys for August.
According to the business leaders surveyed in August 2012, the situation was almost stable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate wins one point in August, but remains below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is again in the unfavorable zone.
tableauTableau1 – Building industry economic outlook
Mean* | May. 12 | Jun. 12 | July. 12 | Aug. 12 | |
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Business climate | 100 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 96 |
Past activity | –1 | –14 | –14 | –19 | –17 |
Expected activity | –4 | –15 | –15 | –18 | –20 |
Gen. business outlook | –16 | –44 | |||
Past employment | –2 | –9 | –8 | –14 | –10 |
Expected employment | –1 | –14 | –12 | –17 | –16 |
Opinion on order books | –19 | –32 | –38 | –36 | –36 |
Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 6,8 | 6,8 | 6,8 | 6,8 |
Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,1 | 88 | 87,2 | 87,2 | 87,2 |
Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
- Because of workforce shortage(in %)** | 16,3 | 8,4 | 7,3 | 6,4 | 6,3 |
Hiring problems (in %) | 60 | 55 | |||
Expected prices | –11 | –27 | –25 | –33 | –37 |
Cash-flow position | –8 | –26 | |||
Repayment period | 27 | 41 |
- * 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
Documentation
Methodology (2016) (pdf,170 Ko)