Business Outlook Survey
Association Spotlight, Human Resource Services, Business Outlook Survey Results
|
Question
|
Responses
|
Percent
|
| 1. Is your business: |
| Union |
29 |
17.0% |
| Nonunion |
142 |
83.0% |
| Not answered |
0
|
0.00% |
| 2. How would you characterize the business outlookfor your company in 2006? |
| Very positive |
55 |
32.5% |
| Somewhat positive |
93 |
55.0% |
| Somewhat negative |
19 |
11.2% |
| Very negative |
2 |
1.20% |
| Not answered |
2 |
1.20% |
| 3. Over the next year, what do you expect to happen with your company’s sales? |
| Increase more than 10 percent |
44 |
25.7% |
| Increase 5 percent – 10 percent |
58 |
33.9% |
| Increase less than 5 percent |
28 |
16.4% |
| Stay about the same |
29 |
17.0% |
| Decrease less than 5 percent |
4 |
2.30% |
| Decrease 5 percent – 10 percent |
5 |
2.90% |
| Decrease more than 10 percent |
3 |
1.80% |
| Not answered |
0 |
0.00% |
| 4. Over the next year, what do you expect to happen with prices on your company’s overall product line? |
| Increase more than 10 percent |
11 |
6.60% |
| Increase 5 percent – 10 percent |
48 |
28.9% |
| Increase less than 5 percent |
55 |
33.1% |
| Stay about the same |
47 |
28.3% |
| Decrease less than 5 percent |
1 |
0.60% |
| Decrease 5 percent – 10 percent |
2 |
1.20% |
| Decrease more than 10 percent |
2 |
1.20% |
| Not answered |
5 |
3.01% |
| 5. Over the next year, what are your company’s capital investment plans? |
| Increase more than 10 percent |
34 |
19.9% |
| Increase 5 percent – 10 percent |
32 |
18.7% |
| Increase less than 5 percent |
25 |
14.6% |
| Stay about the same |
70 |
40.9% |
| Decrease less than 5 percent |
3 |
1.80% |
| Decrease 5 percent – 10 percent |
4 |
2.30% |
| Decrease more than 10 percent |
3 |
1.80% |
| Not answered |
0 |
0.00% |
| 6. Over the next year, what are your plans for inventories? |
| Increase more than 10 percent |
9 |
5.40% |
| Increase 5 percent – 10 percent |
16 |
9.60% |
| Increase less than 5 percent |
24 |
14.5% |
| Stay about the same |
94 |
56.6% |
| Decrease less than 5 percent |
14 |
8.40% |
| Decrease 5 percent – 10 percent |
6 |
3.60% |
| Decrease more than 10 percent |
3 |
1.80% |
| Not answered |
5 |
3.01% |
| 7. Over the next year, what do you expect in terms of full-time employment in your company? |
| Increase more than 10 percent |
14 |
8.60% |
| Increase 5 percent – 10 percent |
28 |
17.2% |
| Increase less than 5 percent |
39 |
23.9% |
| Stay about the same |
73 |
44.8% |
| Decrease less than 5 percent |
7 |
4.30% |
| Decrease 5 percent – 10 percent |
2 |
1.20% |
| Decrease more than 10 percent |
0 |
0.00% |
| Not answered |
8 |
4.91% |
| 8. Over the next year, what do you expect to happen to employee wages (excluding non-wage compensation such as benefits) in your company? |
| Increase more than 5 percent |
10 |
6.20% |
| Increase 3 percent – 5 percent |
70 |
43.2% |
| Increase less than 3 percent |
55 |
34.0% |
| Stay about the same |
25 |
15.4% |
| Decrease less than 3 percent |
1 |
0.60% |
| Decrease 3 percent – 5 percent |
1 |
0.60% |
| Decrease more than 5 percent |
0 |
0.00% |
| Not answered |
9 |
5.56% |
