Euro Area Services PMI 2007-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The IHS Markit Eurozone Services PMI came in at 54.7 in April 2018, below the preliminary estimate of 55 and down from March's 54.9. Output and new orders rose at the softest pace in eight months and business optimism eased to a four-month low, while the pace of job creation was the fastest since October 2007. On the price front, input cost inflation accelerated for the first time since January and output charges rose at the slowest pace in seven months. Among the bloc's largest economies, services growth slowed in Germany and Spain; was unchanged in Italy; and picked up in France and Ireland. Services PMI in the Euro Area is reported by Markit Economics.

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Euro Area Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	1.35	1.44	1.64	-3.52	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	56.20	56.60	60.60	33.50		[+]
Services PMI	54.70	54.90	58.30	39.20	Index Points	[+]
Composite Pmi	55.10	55.20	58.80	45.70	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	3.00	2.60	9.20	-21.40	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.50	-0.90	3.30	-4.00	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.30	2.30	10.10	-21.70	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	84.40	84.40	85.30	69.60	percent	[+]
Changes In Inventories	7.19	10.12	26.08	-26.54	EUR Billion	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	2.40	1.90	89.90	-63.70		[+]
Car Registrations	927.41	944.73	1130.00	669.00	Thousand	[+]
Mining Production	1.70	-0.30	42.30	-26.80	percent	[+]

Euro Area Services PMI

The Eurozone Services PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) is based on data collected from a representative panel of around 2,000 private service sector firms. National services data are included for Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Republic of Ireland. The index tracks variables such as sales, employment, inventories and prices. A reading above 50 indicates that the services sector is generally expanding; below 50 indicates that it is generally declining. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Services PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Services PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	54.70	54.90	58.30	39.20	2007 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly

services pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	55.20	Apr/18	56.9	57.7	39	Index Points	Monthly
Brazil	50.00	Apr/18	50.4	57.1	36.9	Index Points	Monthly
China	52.90	Apr/18	52.3	54.7	50	Index Points	Monthly
Euro Area	54.70	Apr/18	54.9	58.3	39.2	Index Points	Monthly
France	57.40	Apr/18	56.9	62.9	40.2	Index Points	Monthly
Germany	53.00	Apr/18	53.9	60.3	41.3	Index Points	Monthly
India	51.40	Apr/18	50.3	57.5	44.6	Index Points	Monthly
Italy	52.60	Apr/18	52.6	57.7	42.3	Index Points	Monthly
Japan	52.50	Apr/18	50.9	55.3	46.4	Index Points	Monthly
Russia	55.50	Apr/18	53.7	58.4	41.3	Index Points	Monthly
Spain	55.60	Apr/18	56.2	60.3	36.8	Index Points	Monthly
United Kingdom	52.80	Apr/18	51.7	62.5	40.1	Index Points	Monthly
United States	54.60	Apr/18	54	61	49.3	Index Points	Monthly