France Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit France Manufacturing PMI fell to 49.7 in December 2018 from 50.8 in the previous month and matching the initial estimate. It marks the first deterioration in factory activity since September 2016, driven by further automotive sector slowdown and anti-government protests. Output fell for second straight month and the most since April 2015; new orders and export orders posted the fastest declines since 2016. This led to more job cuts, although at a slower pace than in November and only marginal overall. On the price front, inflationary pressures softened, with input cost softening to the lowest in 7 months and output charge inflation rising the least in five months.. Optimism towards the business outlook fell to the lowest level since April 2016 in December amid expectations for weaker demand, particular in the automotive sector. Manufacturing PMI in France is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in France is expected to be 49.70 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Manufacturing PMI in France to stand at 54.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 53.60 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	103.00	103.00	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 Manufacturing PMI

In France, the Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of 400 industrial companies. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is based on five individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders (30 percent), Output (25 percent), Employment (20 percent), Suppliers’ Delivery Times (15 percent) and Stock of Items Purchased (10 percent), with the Delivery Times index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direction. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion of the manufacturing sector compared to the previous month; below 50 represents a contraction; while 50 indicates no change. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	49.70	50.80	58.80	42.70	2011 - 2018		Monthly	SA

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	49.50	Dec/18	51.3	63.1 : 30.86
Brazil	52.60	Dec/18	52.7	53.5 : 41.6
Canada	53.60	Dec/18	54.9	57.1 : 47.5
China	49.70	Dec/18	50.2	52.3 : 47.2
Euro Area	51.40	Dec/18	51.8	60.6 : 33.5
France	49.70	Dec/18	50.8	58.8 : 42.7
Germany	51.50	Dec/18	51.8	63.3 : 32
India	53.20	Dec/18	54	55 : 47.9
Indonesia	51.20	Dec/18	50.4	58.5 : 46.4
Italy	49.20	Dec/18	48.6	59 : 48
Japan	52.60	Dec/18	52.2	56.2 : 29.6
Mexico	49.70	Dec/18	49.7	57.1 : 49.2
Netherlands	57.20	Dec/18	56.1	63.4 : 48
Russia	51.70	Dec/18	52.6	54.7 : 47.6
Saudi Arabia	54.50	Dec/18	55.2	61.8 : 51.4
Singapore	51.10	Dec/18	51.5	53.1 : 48.3
South Africa	50.70	Dec/18	49.5	60.87 : 35.09
South Korea	49.80	Dec/18	48.6	52.6 : 45.7
Spain	51.10	Dec/18	52.6	56.1 : 41.1
Switzerland	57.80	Dec/18	57.7	66.9 : 32.9
Turkey	44.20	Dec/18	44.7	55.7 : 42.7
United Kingdom	54.20	Dec/18	53.6	61.5 : 34.4
United States	53.80	Dec/18	55.3	57.9 : 50.7