Manufacturing industry leaders are expecting an improvement in global investment in the coming months: this is the main finding of a National Institute of Statistics (French: INS) semi-annual survey that polled heads of private sector businesses.
The percentage of business managers expecting an improvement for H1 of 2022 rose to 10% against 7% for H2 of 2021 and 4% for H1 of 2021.
Business leaders are optimistic about higher investments in chemical industries with a balance of opinions showing 20% for H1 of 2022 (against 11% for H2 of 2021), various industries (24% against 16%), textile, clothing and leather (12% against 5%) and agricultural and agri-food industries. (4% against 1%).
The balance of opinion is defined as the difference between the proportion of respondents having expressed a positive opinion and the proportion of respondents having expressed a negative opinion.
The survey was conducted in November 2021: 930 business leaders were logged.
