20 February 2013
2013- n° 42The economic climate stays defavorable in the building industry in February 2013 Monthly survey of building - February 2013
According to the business leaders surveyed in February 2013 the situation stays defavorable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate loses a point and stays below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the unfavorable zone.
According to the business leaders surveyed in February 2013 the situation stays defavorable in the building industry: the synthetic indicator of business climate loses a point and stays below its long-term average. The turning-point indicator is in the unfavorable zone.
graphiqueClimate – Business climate synthetic indicator
graphiqueTurningPoint – Turning-point indicator
- Lecture : close to 1 (respectively -1), it indicates a favorable climate (respectively unfavorable).
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* | Nov. 12 | Dec. 12 | Jan. 13 | Feb. 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business climate | 100 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 93 |
| Past activity | –2 | –19 | –18 | –19 | –19 |
| Expected activity | –5 | –23 | –22 | –24 | –22 |
| Gen. business outlook | –17 | –44 | |||
| Past employment | –2 | –9 | –12 | –15 | –17 |
| Expected employment | –2 | –14 | –16 | –14 | –17 |
| Opinion on order books | –19 | –39 | –39 | –41 | –42 |
| Order books (in month) | 5,2 | 7,2 | 7,0 | 7,0 | 7,1 |
| Productive capacity utilisation rate | 89,1 | 86,3 | 86,2 | 87,3 | 87,3 |
| Obstacles to production increase (in %) | 34 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 |
| - Because of workforce shortage(in %) | 16,0 | 5,0 | 4,7 | 5,6 | 4,9 |
| Hiring problems (in %) | 60 | 45 | |||
| Expected prices | –12 | –29 | –27 | –30 | –28 |
| Cash-flow position | –8 | –16 | |||
| Repayment period | 27 | 36 |
- * Mean since september 1993.
Documentation
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