German industrial orders rose unexpectedly by 0.3 percent month-on-month in September 2018, easily beating market consensus of a 0.6 percent fall and following an upwardly revised a 2.5 percent gain in the previous month. It was the second straight month of growth in factory orders, mainly due to a 2.8 percent rise in domestic orders. Meanwhile, foreign demand fell 1.4 percent as new orders from third countries slumped 3.7 percent while those from the Euro Area increased 2.4 percent. By category, new orders went up for both consumer (2.1 percent) and capital goods (1.4 percent), but declined for intermediate goods (-1.7 percent). Factory Orders in Germany averaged 0.37 percent from 1952 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 27.10 percent in June of 1975 and a record low of -15.70 percent in July of 1975.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-09-06 06:00 AM Factory Orders MoM -0.9% -3.9% 1.8% 5.1%
2018-10-05 06:00 AM Factory Orders MoM 2% -0.9% 0.5% 3.2%
2018-11-06 07:00 AM Factory Orders MoM 0.3% 2.5% -0.6% -0.7%
2018-12-06 07:00 AM Factory Orders MoM 0.3%


Germany Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 102.80 103.70 109.80 80.10 Index Points [+]
Services PMI 54.70 55.90 60.30 41.30 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 52.20 53.70 63.30 32.00 [+]
Composite Pmi 53.40 55.00 59.00 50.20 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production 0.80 0.20 15.30 -21.80 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.20 0.10 4.00 -6.90 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 0.20 -0.50 15.50 -24.10 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 87.10 87.70 88.70 70.20 percent [+]
New Orders 107.50 106.70 113.80 8.80 Index Points [+]
Factory Orders 0.30 2.50 27.10 -15.70 percent [+]
Changes in Inventories 3.19 -2.92 9.68 -11.34 EUR Billion [+]
Bankruptcies 1641.00 1603.00 3755.00 416.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 201.20 198.20 201.20 91.05 EUR Billion [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index -24.10 -24.70 89.60 -63.90 [+]
Car Production 442500.00 401800.00 583399.00 265542.00 Units [+]
Car Registrations 252628.00 200134.00 552865.00 43460.00 [+]
Internet Speed 15298.72 14588.37 15298.72 3207.62 KBps [+]
IP Addresses 38794861.00 38344874.00 38794861.00 18134106.00 IP [+]
Mining Production -12.70 -10.30 46.60 -30.40 percent [+]
Steel Production 3775.00 3900.00 4744.00 907.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Competitiveness Index 82.84 82.64 82.84 5.37 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 3.00 3.00 7.00 3.00 [+]
Corruption Index 81.00 81.00 82.70 73.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 12.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 [+]
Ease of Doing Business 24.00 20.00 27.00 14.00 [+]


Germany Factory Orders

Factory Orders in Germany are reported using monthly changes in the volume of new orders received by manufacturers. Factory Order figures in Germany can be very volatile and misleading because they are heavily affected by geopolitical events, temporary shocks in demand and business deals which may only happen once. This page provides the latest reported value for - Germany Factory Orders - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Germany Factory Orders - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.30 2.50 27.10 -15.70 1952 - 2018 percent Monthly
2015=100, SA




Country Last
Germany 0.30 Sep/18
Italy 4.90 Aug/18
Spain 7.50 Aug/18
Switzerland 11.40 Mar/18
United Kingdom -6.00 Oct/18
United States 0.70 Sep/18


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