EUROPEAN ECONOMY. Supplement ? Business and Consumer Survey Results No 8/9 - August/September 2000

Directorate-General For Economic And Financial Affairs

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ISSN 0379-2110 EUROPEAN ECONOMY EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Supplement Β In this number: Business and Consumer Capacity utilisation in industry Survey Results No 8/9 - August/September 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_fmance GRAPH 1 : Indicator of economic sentiment -Industrial capacity utilisation continues European Union (s.a.) to rise 1995=100 EU EUR-11 EU: Jul. 103.9 EUR-ll:Jul. 104 • In the last quarter, capacity utilisation in 106 104 the industrial sector continued the upward / 102 ¿γ trend of the last year. Several Member U'S 100 Countries displayed increases of more EU araage 1990-1999 98 ^ 96 than one percentage point. Consequently, - -A/ 94 capacity utilisation rose by 0.2 percentage 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 points in the euro area and by 0.4 in the GRAPH 2 : Indicator of consumer confidence -EU. As far as new orders are concerned, European Union (s.a.) Balances % EU EUR-11 EU: Aug. 2 the situation has deteriorated considerably. EUR-11: Aug. 2 • In July, confidence in the industrial sector remained stable in the EU whereas the euro area witnessed a one point decrease after the substantial rise in the previous month. Spain and Ireland had to report 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 considerable decreases in August while GRAPH 3 : Indicator of level of capacity utilisation (%) Denmark displayed an increase. European Union (s.a.) % EU: Jul. 83.

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-ECONOMIC-AND-FINANCIAL-AFFAIRS
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
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