France Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit France Manufacturing PMI rose to 51.1 in August of 2019 from 49.7 in the previous month and above preliminary estimates of 51. Both output and new orders rebounded while employment and purchasing activity ticked up slightly. On the price front, input cost increased modestly, following a decline in July; while output cost rose for the 34th straight month. Finally, business confidence towards output over the coming 12 months was stronger than in July, but remained historically subdued. Manufacturing PMI in France is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in France is expected to be 51.50 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 52.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 54.00 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	102.00	101.00	124.00	66.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	51.10	49.70	58.80	42.70		[+]
Services PMI	53.40	52.60	62.90	40.20	Index Points	[+]
Composite Pmi	52.90	51.90	60.30	41.90	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-0.20	-0.10	12.10	-19.50	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.30	-2.30	4.00	-5.00	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-0.30	-0.70	68.90	-27.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	83.40	84.40	90.30	71.40	percent	[+]
New Orders	-13.60	-15.60	25.90	-65.20	Index Points	[+]
Bankruptcies	265.00	294.00	811.00	183.00	Companies	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-42.30	-19.50	79.80	-63.90		[+]
Car Registrations	209295.00	175708.00	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	-2.00	2.20	24.50	-27.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	1330.00	1310.26	2466.00	643.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Changes In Inventories	3286.00	4083.00	8612.00	-5722.00	EUR Million	[+]
Competitiveness Index	78.01	77.40	78.01	5.05	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	17.00	18.00	23.00	15.00		[+]
Car Production	2269600.00	2227000.00	3701870.00	1740220.00	Units	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	32.00	31.00	38.00	26.00		[+]
Electricity Production	42885.00	42424.00	61424.00	31896.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	72.00	70.00	75.00	63.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	21.00	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 September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	51.10	49.70	58.80	42.70	2011 - 2019		Monthly	SA

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	53.10	Aug/19	51.3	62.5 : 29.47
Brazil	52.50	Aug/19	49.9	53.5 : 41.6
Canada	49.10	Aug/19	50.2	57.1 : 47.5
China	50.40	Aug/19	49.9	52.3 : 47.2
Euro Area	47.00	Aug/19	46.5	60.6 : 33.5
France	51.10	Aug/19	49.7	58.8 : 42.7
Germany	43.50	Aug/19	43.2	63.3 : 32
India	51.40	Aug/19	52.5	55 : 47.9
Indonesia	49.00	Aug/19	49.6	58.5 : 46.4
Italy	48.70	Aug/19	48.5	59 : 47.4
Japan	49.30	Aug/19	49.4	56.2 : 29.6
Mexico	49.00	Aug/19	49.8	57.1 : 49
Netherlands	51.60	Aug/19	50.7	63.4 : 48
Russia	49.10	Aug/19	49.3	54.7 : 47.6
Saudi Arabia	57.00	Aug/19	56.6	61.8 : 51.4
Singapore	49.90	Aug/19	49.8	53.1 : 48.3
South Africa	45.70	Aug/19	52.1	60.87 : 35.09
South Korea	49.00	Aug/19	47.3	52.6 : 45.7
Spain	48.80	Aug/19	48.2	56.1 : 41.1
Switzerland	47.20	Aug/19	44.7	66.9 : 32.8
Turkey	48.00	Aug/19	46.7	55.7 : 42.7
United Kingdom	47.40	Aug/19	48	61.5 : 34.4
United States	50.30	Aug/19	50.4	57.9 : 50.3