23 November 2011
2011- n° 285In November 2011, the economic climate in services is deteriorating Monthly survey of services - November 2011
According to the business leaders surveyed in November, the economic situation in services is deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by two points compared with October, and is 92. He stands below its long-term average. The turning point indicator continues to indicate an unfavourable economic situation.
According to the business leaders surveyed in November, the economic situation in services is deteriorating. The business climate synthetic indicator drops by two points compared with October, and is 92. He stands below its long-term average. The turning point indicator continues to indicate an unfavourable economic situation.
Business leaders are slightly less pessimistic about their activity of the last few months, but they consider that activity should decrease in the months to come.
The general outlook continues to deteriorate and is now -14.
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* | July 11 | Sept. 11 | Oct. 11 | Nov. 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate synthetic indicator | 100 | 103 | 95 | 94 | 92 |
| General outlook | –5 | 2 | –10 | –12 | –14 |
| Past activity | 4 | 10 | 1 | –4 | –2 |
| Expected activity | 4 | 2 | –2 | 2 | –2 |
| Expected demand | 2 | 1 | –6 | –3 | –6 |
| Business situation | 1 | 7 | –2 | –5 | –6 |
| Past selling prices | –2 | 1 | –3 | –3 | –4 |
| Expected selling prices | –1 | –2 | –2 | –4 | –3 |
| Past employment | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| except temporary work agencies | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Expected employment | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| except temporary work agencies | 0 | 5 | 1 | –3 | –3 |
| Investments | |||||
| Past investments | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Expected investments | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | –2 |
- * Average of the balances of opinion since 1988
- Source: Insee
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