Survey on Industry, Services and Construction - 2024-12

Published on the 13th of January 2025

Industry, market services and construction


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Industry
Opinion on the outlook for industrial production*
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA

In this graph and the following, the extreme values related to the COVID-19 pandemic are available in WEBSTAT
Feb- 2024 Mar- 2024 Apr- 2024 May- 2024 Jun- 2024 Jul- 2024 Aug- 2024 Sep- 2024 Oct- 2024 Nov- 2024 Dec- 2024 Jan- 2025
Change Forecast
Production 11 1 7 -14 6 2 3 3 6 0 -1 4
Deliveries 8 4 4 -7 6 0 7 3 7 6 0
Total orders 8 3 4 0 0 -1 3 3 5 2 2
Staff 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Final goods prices 0 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1
Commodity prices -2 -3 -2 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 2
Level
Order books -5 -7 -5 -6 -8 -6 -7 -9 -8 -10 -11
Inventories of finished goods 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7
Capacity utilisation rate 76.3 76.0 76.1 74.4 74.8 75.1 75.0 74.8 75.1 74.6 73.9
Cash positions 0 -1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -3 -2


Changes in deliveries

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA


Inventories and order book level

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.





Market Services
Opinion on the outlook for services activity*
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Feb- 2024 Mar- 2024 Apr- 2024 May- 2024 Jun- 2024 Jul- 2024 Aug- 2024 Sep- 2024 Oct- 2024 Nov- 2024 Dec- 2024 Jan- 2025
Change Forecast
Activity 9 7 8 1 5 5 13 4 4 5 5 2
Aggregate demand 10 7 8 3 3 4 12 1 4 4 4
Prices 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 2
Staff 6 3 5 4 3 3 4 0 2 4 3
Level
Cash positions 1 1 3 2 1 -1 3 2 0 1 -1


Changes in demand

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA


Changes in prices and staff

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.




Construction
Opinion on the outlook for construction activity*
Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
Feb- 2024 Mar- 2024 Apr- 2024 May- 2024 Jun- 2024 Jul- 2024 Aug- 2024 Sep- 2024 Oct- 2024 Nov- 2024 Dec- 2024 Jan- 2025
Change Forecast
Acitivity 6 0 5 -13 10 6 -2 4 4 0 -2 2
Estimates prices 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 0 -1
Staff 2 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 2
Level
Order books -3 -2 -2 -3 -5 -5 -5 -6 -3 -5 -8


Order book level

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA


Changes in estimates prices and staff

Balance of opinions, SA-WDA
* A positive (negative) balance of opinions corresponds to a rise (fall) in the evolution of activity. Balances of opinions may range from -200 to +200.








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Updated on the 13th of January 2025