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Recovery is still slowIndustry remains on a moderate recovery path. On the one hand, the indicators of real sales, real total payroll and real earning show a clearer positive trend driven by falling inflation. On the other hand, hours worked, employment and capacity utilization have experienced small fluctuations in recent months without following a definite trend. All in all, these results suggest that the variables surveyed remain at low levels and reinforce a scenario of weak industrial activity.
In the year to date, most indices are still down on a year-on-year basis. Employment and hours
worked show the steepest declines: down by 3.2% and 2.6% respectively. Sales are also down by 1.3%, while total payroll shows a 2.2% decline. The indicator of real average earnings is the only one to record growth on this comparison basis.
In October, the seasonally adjusted capacity utilization rate stood at 77.7%, up by 1.6 percentage points from the figure registered in the same month in 2016. Yet, idleness remains very high: capacity utilization in October 2017 is 3.7 percentage points lower than the average for October in previous years.
CNI IndicatorsISSN 1983-621X • Year 25 • Number 10 • October 2017
INDUSTRIAL INDICATORS
2525YEARS
Industrial indicators - October 2017 Seasonally adjusted change from september 2017
Ç REAL SALES Up by 1.7%
Ç HOURS WORKED IN PRODUCTION Down by 0.7%Indústria Petrolífera
Indústria Química
Pequena Média Grande
Indústrias Diversas
Indústria da Construção Indústria de Energia
Ç CAPACITY UTILIZATIONUp by 0.2 percentage point
Ç EMPLOYMENT Up by 0.1%
Ç REAL TOTAL PAYROLL Up by 0.3%
Ç REAL AVERAGE EARNINGSUp by 0.9%
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Industrial indicatorsISSN 1983-621X • Year 25 • Number 10 • October 2017
Decline in hours worked Hours worked in production dropped by 0.7% in October on a seasonally adjusted basis. In the previous three months, the index held almost steady as it grew by 0.2% in July and September and by 0.1% in August. Hours worked in October 2017 are 0.3% higher than those recorded in the same month the year before. In the January-October 2017 period, the indicator is down by 2.6% from the corresponding period in 2016.
Sales grow again in October Industrial sales edged up by 1.7% in October in the seasonally adjusted series, accumulating growth of 1.9% in the last two months. Sales are up by 11.9% in October 2017 on a year-over-year basis. Nevertheless, the indicator is down by 1.3% in the first ten months of 2017 as compared to the corresponding period the year before.
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
100
110
120
130
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
98
102
106
110
114
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
85
90
95
100
105
Jobs holding steady After remaining stable in the previous month, industrial employment increased by 0.1% in October as compared to September on a seasonally adjusted basis. Jobs are down by 1.3% as compared to October 2016 and by 3.2% in the year to October 2017 from the same period in 2016.
Deflator: IPA/OG-FGV
EmploymentSeasonally adjusted (fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)
Real SalesSeasonally adjusted (fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)
Hours worked in productionSeasonally adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)
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Industrial indicatorsISSN 1983-621X • Year 25 • Number 10 • October 2017
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
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79
81
83
Real average earnings also growOctober 2017 saw a 0.9% seasonally adjusted year-on-year gain in real average earnings. The increase only partially offset the 2.3% drop seen in the previous month. Yet, real average earnings in October 2017 are 1.2% higher than the figure recorded in the same month last year, while the indicator is up by 1% in the year to October from the corresponding period of 2016.
Deflator: INPC-IBGE
Capacity utilization keeps fluctuatingThe capacity utilization rate stood at 77.7% in October 2017, representing a 0.2-percentage point increase in seasonally adjusted terms. The indicator has hovered around 77.5% in the last four months without following a definite trend. Nevertheless, the indicator for October 2017 is up by 1.6 percentage points from the same month last year, while the average capacity utilization rate in the first 10 months of 2017 is virtually the same as that observed in the corresponding period of 2016 (up by only 0.1 percentage points).
77.7%
Total payroll slightly upReal total payroll rose by 0.3% in October in the seasonally adjusted series. During the second half of the year, the indicator has been alternating between negative and positive monthly variations, but the declines have been more pronounced. In October 2017, total payroll experienced a 0.2% decline as compared to the same month in 2016, while the year-to-date figure is down by 2.2% from the corresponding period of 2016.
Deflator: INPC-IBGE
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
110
115
120
125
130
Oct/14 Apr/15 Oct/15 Apr/16 Oct/16 Apr/17 Oct/17
110
115
120
125
130
Real total payrollSeasonally-adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)
Real average earnings Seasonally adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)
Capacity utilizationSeasonally adjusted (average percentage)
Indústria Petrolífera
Indústria Química
Pequena Média Grande
Indústrias Diversas
Indústria da Construção Indústria de Energia
Industrial indicatorsISSN 1983-621X • Year 25 • Number 10 • October 2017
1 Deflator: IPA/OG-FGV - 2 Deflator: INPC-IBGE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE OCT17/ SEP17 OCT17/ SEP17SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
OCT17/ OCT16 JAN-OCT17/JAN-OCT16
Real sales1 3.7 1.7 11.9 -1.3
Worked hours in production 0.9 -0.7 0.3 -2.6
Employment 0.1 0.1 -1.3 -3.2
Real total payroll2 1.1 0.3 -0.2 -2.2
Real average earnings2 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.0
AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OCT17 SEP17 OCT16
Capacity utilization 79.2 78.4 77.6
Capacity utilization - Seasonally adjusted 77.7 77.5 76.1
Resume of results - Industrial indicators
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