France Composite PMI

The IHS Markit France Composite PMI fell markedly to 48.7 in December of 2018 from 54.2 in the previous month and below preliminary estimates of 49.3, final estimates showed. The reading pointed to the first contraction in private activity since June of 2016 amid widespread reports of disruption to business due to the ongoing ‘gilets jaunes’ protests. Both manufacturers and service providers reported decreases in output during December. New orders fell for the first time since June 2016 and employment growth eased to its slowest pace since April 2017. Finally, confidence towards the 12-month business outlook fall to its lowest level since August 2016. Composite Pmi in France is reported by Markit Economics.

Composite Pmi in France is expected to be 53.80 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Composite Pmi in France to stand at 55.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Composite PMI is projected to trend around 54.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	104.00	106.00	124.00	66.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	49.70	50.80	58.80	42.70		[+]
Services PMI	49.00	55.10	62.90	40.20	Index Points	[+]
Composite Pmi	48.70	54.20	60.30	41.90	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-2.10	-0.60	12.10	-19.30	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-1.30	1.30	4.00	-4.80	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-2.20	-1.10	68.90	-27.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	85.20	85.00	90.30	71.40	percent	[+]
New Orders	-10.80	-10.20	26.00	-65.20	Index Points	[+]
Bankruptcies	407.00	338.00	811.00	183.00	Companies	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-28.30	-20.00	79.80	-63.90		[+]
Car Registrations	162340.00	173573.00	248642.00	99444.00		[+]
Internet Speed	10756.57	10015.55	10756.57	3070.86	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	29887339.00	27078127.00	29887339.00	14688459.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	-2.80	3.30	24.50	-27.00	percent	[+]
Steel Production	1352.20	1308.99	2466.00	643.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Changes In Inventories	2589.00	4499.00	8444.00	-5848.00	EUR Million	[+]
Competitiveness Index	78.01	77.40	78.01	5.05	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	17.00	18.00	23.00	15.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	32.00	31.00	38.00	26.00		[+]
Electricity Production	48906.00	44439.00	61424.00	31896.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	70.00	69.00	75.00	63.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	23.00	23.00	26.00	18.00		[+]

France Composite PMI

In France, the Markit France Composite Output Index tracks business trends across private sector activity, based on data collected from a representative panel of around 800 companies. The index tracks variables such as sales, new orders, employment, inventories and prices. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in business activity and below 50 indicates that it is generally declining. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Composite PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Composite PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	48.70	54.20	60.30	41.90	2012 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	52.40	Dec/18	52.9	58.3 : 52	Index Points
Brazil	52.40	Dec/18	51.6	55.5 : 38.3	Index
China	52.20	Dec/18	51.9	53.7 : 48
Euro Area	51.10	Dec/18	52.7	58.8 : 45.7	Index Points
France	48.70	Dec/18	54.2	60.3 : 41.9	Index Points
Germany	51.60	Dec/18	52.3	59 : 50.2	Index Points
India	53.60	Dec/18	54.5	55.4 : 46
Italy	50.00	Dec/18	49.3	59 : 48.8
Japan	52.00	Dec/18	52.4	54.1 : 46.3
Russia	53.90	Dec/18	55	58.3 : 44.7
Singapore	52.70	Dec/18	53.8	56.8 : 49.4
South Africa	49.00	Dec/18	48.2	52.7 : 46.4
United Kingdom	51.40	Dec/18	50.8	61.8 : 47.6
United States	54.40	Dec/18	54.7	61 : 50	Index Points