Germany: slowdown is spreading
|Business cycle indicators mostly disappointed during the summer months and ended up below the already subdued expectations. In July, both industrial production and orders fell sharply. This could be partly attributed to the early start of the summer holidays. In that case, an opposite effect can be expected in August. More worrying was the more-than-expected decline of the IFO climate index in August, as business conditions in trade and services fell sharply. It is a sign that the deterioration of the business climate is not anymore confined to only manufacturing, something which has been emphasized by the Bundesbank. But this was contradicted in early September by the PMI composite. The indicator was actually stronger than expected, as services growth remained solid.
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