{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026","available_at":"2026-10-25T01:05:52.078473Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"2054ed9f2443d7bede0f2b74b86c11f692c5a649eb8c97a120a42e164b17163d","input_sha256":"f5d78122e9efee5a3998715454364a2c5b358c01af94a4aaa2c0cd20c2681e1d","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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The balance of opinion on activity over the previous three months fell to -45, from -37 in July. The balance on expected activity for the next three months slipped to -44 from -43. These are survey balances showing the relative weight of favorable and unfavorable responses; they do not measure the change in construction output or the value of contracts.","The overall order-book balance declined to -53 from -49 in July, a level Insee said had not been observed since April 2016. Assessments were particularly weak for public-client order books, whose balance reached -64, compared with -60 in July. The balance for private-client order books fell to -51 from -40. The split points to deterioration across both customer groups, although it does not quantify the amount of work in each contractor’s backlog.","The deterioration in past activity has continued from the start of 2026. Insee’s series puts the past-activity balance at -8 in January, -29 in April, -37 in July and -45 in October. Expected activity followed a similar downward path, falling from -25 in January to -38 in April, -43 in July and -44 in October. The agency said both indicators remained well below their long-run averages. Comparisons describe survey sentiment over successive quarters, not quarterly growth rates.","The responses were not uniformly worse across every indicator. The balance on expected employment improved slightly to -17 in October from -19 in July, but remained below its long-run average of -11. Insee also said the public-client activity outlook balance rose slightly after six consecutive quarterly declines, although it remained well below average. The private-client outlook continued to fall for a fourth consecutive quarter. This divergence suggests that expectations differed by customer type, even within an overall weak sector survey.","Demand constraints were increasingly common: 64% of surveyed contractors cited insufficient demand as a difficulty in October, up from 56% in July and above the long-run average of 37%. By contrast, 12% cited insufficient personnel, down from 20% and below the long-run average of 19%. Difficult weather was cited by 11%, compared with 33% in July. These are shares of respondents identifying constraints, not estimates of lost output or unfilled jobs.","The survey also showed the balance for perceived economic uncertainty rising for a sixth consecutive quarter to its highest level since the series began in 2021. Payment delays were reported in the survey table as a balance of 28 in October, down from 33 in July but above the long-run average of 22. Such balances summarize opinion; they do not reveal how many days invoices were overdue or the cash impact on each firm.","The constraint responses add detail to the weak activity and order-book readings. Insufficient demand was cited by 64% of contractors, compared with a long-run average of 37%; insufficient personnel was cited by 12%, below its 19% average. Expected employment had a balance of -17, improving from -19 in July but remaining below its long-run average of -11. Demand therefore stood out as the most frequently reported difficulty in this survey round."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"FR","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"تم الإبلاغ عن المؤشرات في إصدار أكتوبر 2026. تصف موازين آراء الاستطلاعات والمؤشرات المناخية الاصطناعية الاستجابات، وليس الناتج الاقتصادي المحقق.","de":"In der Veröffentlichung vom Oktober 2026 gemeldete Indikatoren. 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Anket görüş dengeleri ve sentetik iklim endeksleri, gerçekleşen ekonomik çıktıyı değil, yanıtları tanımlamaktadır."},"id":"france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"ميزان الرأي بشأن النشاط السابق (%)","de":"Meinungssaldo zur vergangenen Aktivität (%)","en":"Past-activity opinion balance (%)","es":"Saldo de opinión sobre la actividad pasada (%)","fr":"Solde d’opinion sur l’activité passée (%)","pt":"Saldo de opinião sobre a atividade passada (%)","tr":"Geçmiş faaliyet görüş dengesi (%)"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-past-activity-balance","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":-45},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"ميزان الرأي بشأن النشاط المتوقع (%)","de":"Meinungssaldo zur erwarteten Aktivität (%)","en":"Expected-activity opinion balance (%)","es":"Saldo de opinión sobre la actividad prevista (%)","fr":"Solde d’opinion sur l’activité prévue (%)","pt":"Saldo de opinião sobre a atividade prevista (%)","tr":"Beklenen faaliyet görüş dengesi (%)"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-expected-activity-balance","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":-44},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"ميزان الرأي بشأن دفاتر الطلبات (%)","de":"Meinungssaldo zum Auftragsbestand (%)","en":"Order-book opinion balance (%)","es":"Saldo de opinión sobre las carteras de pedidos (%)","fr":"Solde d’opinion sur les carnets de commandes (%)","pt":"Saldo de opinião sobre as carteiras de encomendas (%)","tr":"Sipariş defteri görüş dengesi (%)"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-orderbook-balance","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":-53},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"الشركات الإبلاغ عن عدم كفاية الطلب باعتباره صعوبة","de":"Unternehmen geben an, dass eine unzureichende Nachfrage ein Problem darstellt","en":"Firms reporting insufficient demand as a difficulty","es":"Las empresas señalan que la demanda insuficiente es una dificultad","fr":"Les entreprises signalent une demande insuffisante comme une difficulté","pt":"Empresas que relatam demanda insuficiente como uma dificuldade","tr":"Yetersiz talebi zorluk olarak bildiren firmalar"},"measure":{"aggregation":"rate","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-demand-shortage-share","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":64},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"الشركات التي تبلغ عن عدم كفاية الموظفين باعتبارها صعوبة","de":"Unternehmen berichten von Personalmangel als Problem","en":"Firms reporting insufficient personnel as a difficulty","es":"Las empresas señalan que la falta de personal es un problema","fr":"Entreprises signalant le manque de personnel comme une difficulté","pt":"Empresas que relatam pessoal insuficiente como uma dificuldade","tr":"Personel yetersizliğini zorluk olarak bildiren firmalar"},"measure":{"aggregation":"rate","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-staff-shortage-share","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":12},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"ميزان الرأي بشأن التوظيف المتوقع (%)","de":"Meinungssaldo zur erwarteten Beschäftigung (%)","en":"Expected-employment opinion balance (%)","es":"Saldo de opinión sobre el empleo previsto (%)","fr":"Solde d’opinion sur l’emploi prévu (%)","pt":"Saldo de opinião sobre o emprego esperado (%)","tr":"Beklenen istihdam görüş dengesi (%)"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"quarterly","geography":"france","id":"fr-public-works-expected-employment-balance","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-10","unit":"percent","value":-17}],"methodology":{"ar":"استطلاع إنسي الفصلي للأعمال في الأشغال العامة لشهر أكتوبر 2026. تُعرض موازين الرأي بشأن النشاط ودفاتر الطلبات كنسب مئوية معدلة موسمياً (CVS)، وليست مستويات للناتج. وتمثل أرقام الصعوبات نسبة الشركات المستطلعة التي اختارت كل عائق. تقارن قيم أكتوبر بالمشاهدات الفصلية السابقة والمتوسطات طويلة الأجل التي نشرها إنسي.","de":"Vierteljährliche Insee-Unternehmensumfrage im Bau öffentlicher Infrastruktur vom Oktober 2026. 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Ekim değerleri önceki üç aylık gözlemler ve Insee’nin yayımladığı uzun dönem ortalamalarıyla karşılaştırılır."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/9097247"],"title":{"ar":"مؤشرات مسح INSEE مختارة","de":"Ausgewählte INSEE-Umfrageindikatoren","en":"Selected INSEE survey indicators","es":"Indicadores seleccionados de la encuesta INSEE","fr":"Sélection d'indicateurs de l'enquête Insee","pt":"Indicadores selecionados da pesquisa INSEE","tr":"Seçilmiş INSEE anket göstergeleri"},"type":"metrics","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T01:00:32Z"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026/data/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026/data/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of transport, bridges and infrastructure connections.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-infrastructure","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-2464ac04-0cbb-5c91-848d-da965bbd95ef","event_period":"2026-10","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-25T01:05:39+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-25T01:05:39+00:00","reading_minutes":3,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of transport, bridges and infrastructure connections.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-infrastructure","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/infrastructure-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-25","name":"Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (Insee)","publishedAt":"2026-10-23","url":"https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/9097247"}],"summary":"Insee’s October quarterly survey found deteriorating past and expected activity assessments, with order books at a level last seen in April 2016.","text":"Insee’s October quarterly survey found deteriorating past and expected activity assessments, with order books at a level last seen in April 2016.\n\nFrench public-works contractors’ views of activity and order books weakened again in October, according to Insee’s quarterly survey. The balance of opinion on activity over the previous three months fell to -45, from -37 in July. The balance on expected activity for the next three months slipped to -44 from -43. These are survey balances showing the relative weight of favorable and unfavorable responses; they do not measure the change in construction output or the value of contracts.\n\nThe overall order-book balance declined to -53 from -49 in July, a level Insee said had not been observed since April 2016. Assessments were particularly weak for public-client order books, whose balance reached -64, compared with -60 in July. The balance for private-client order books fell to -51 from -40. The split points to deterioration across both customer groups, although it does not quantify the amount of work in each contractor’s backlog.\n\nThe deterioration in past activity has continued from the start of 2026. Insee’s series puts the past-activity balance at -8 in January, -29 in April, -37 in July and -45 in October. Expected activity followed a similar downward path, falling from -25 in January to -38 in April, -43 in July and -44 in October. The agency said both indicators remained well below their long-run averages. Comparisons describe survey sentiment over successive quarters, not quarterly growth rates.\n\nThe responses were not uniformly worse across every indicator. The balance on expected employment improved slightly to -17 in October from -19 in July, but remained below its long-run average of -11. Insee also said the public-client activity outlook balance rose slightly after six consecutive quarterly declines, although it remained well below average. The private-client outlook continued to fall for a fourth consecutive quarter. This divergence suggests that expectations differed by customer type, even within an overall weak sector survey.\n\nDemand constraints were increasingly common: 64% of surveyed contractors cited insufficient demand as a difficulty in October, up from 56% in July and above the long-run average of 37%. By contrast, 12% cited insufficient personnel, down from 20% and below the long-run average of 19%. Difficult weather was cited by 11%, compared with 33% in July. These are shares of respondents identifying constraints, not estimates of lost output or unfilled jobs.\n\nThe survey also showed the balance for perceived economic uncertainty rising for a sixth consecutive quarter to its highest level since the series began in 2021. Payment delays were reported in the survey table as a balance of 28 in October, down from 33 in July but above the long-run average of 22. Such balances summarize opinion; they do not reveal how many days invoices were overdue or the cash impact on each firm.\n\nThe constraint responses add detail to the weak activity and order-book readings. Insufficient demand was cited by 64% of contractors, compared with a long-run average of 37%; insufficient personnel was cited by 12%, below its 19% average. Expected employment had a balance of -17, improving from -19 in July but remaining below its long-run average of -11. Demand therefore stood out as the most frequently reported difficulty in this survey round.","title":"French public-works contractors report weakest order-book balance since 2016","topics":[],"translations":[{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=tr","language":"tr","url":"https://newsverum.com/tr/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=en","language":"en","url":"https://newsverum.com/en/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=ar","language":"ar","url":"https://newsverum.com/ar/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=fr","language":"fr","url":"https://newsverum.com/fr/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=es","language":"es","url":"https://newsverum.com/es/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=de","language":"de","url":"https://newsverum.com/de/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026?lang=pt","language":"pt","url":"https://newsverum.com/pt/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"}],"url":"https://newsverum.com/en/news/france-public-works-business-survey-october-2026"},"version":"1"}