Germany Manufacturing PMI 2008-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The IHS Markit Germany Manufacturing PMI fell to 53.7 in September of 2018 from 55.9 in August and well below market expectations of 55.7. The reading pointed to the smallest expansion in factory activity since August of 2016, preliminary estimates showed. Backlogs of work fell for the first time since January of 2015; new export orders declined for the first time since since July of 2015; output was the lowest since April of 2016; order books were little changed; and job creation was robust but the lowest since May. Also, output price inflation was similar to the one seen in August while cost pressures remained elevated amid higher prices paid for energy and steel. In addition, expectations towards future output were the lowest in almost four years. Manufacturing PMI in Germany is reported by Markit Economics.

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Germany Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	103.80	101.70	109.80	80.00	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	56.50	55.00	60.30	41.30	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.70	55.90	63.30	32.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	55.30	55.60	59.00	50.20	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.10	2.70	15.30	-21.80	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-1.10	-0.70	4.00	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	0.60	3.30	15.50	-24.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	87.70	87.70	88.70	70.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	104.60	105.60	113.80	8.80	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.90	-3.90	27.10	-15.70	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	3.19	-2.92	9.68	-11.34	EUR Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	1603.00	1616.00	3755.00	416.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	201.20	198.20	201.20	91.05	EUR Billion	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-10.60	-13.70	89.60	-63.90		[+]
Car Production	369841.00	358800.00	583399.00	265542.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	316405.00	317848.00	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	-6.10	0.30	46.60	-30.40	percent	[+]
Steel Production	3900.00	3770.00	4744.00	907.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.65	5.57	5.65	5.37	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	5.00	5.00	7.00	4.00		[+]
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	20.00	17.00	27.00	14.00		[+]

Germany Manufacturing PMI

The Markit/BME Germany Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of 500 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 - Germany Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Germany Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	53.70	55.90	63.30	32.00	2008 - 2018		Monthly	SA

manufacturing pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	56.70	Aug/18	52	63.1	30.86	Monthly
Brazil	51.10	Aug/18	50.5	53.5	41.6	Monthly
Canada	56.80	Aug/18	56.9	57.1	47.5	Monthly
China	50.60	Aug/18	50.8	52.3	47.2	Monthly
Euro Area	53.30	Sep/18	54.6	60.6	33.5	Monthly
France	52.50	Sep/18	53.5	58.8	42.7	Monthly
Germany	53.70	Sep/18	55.9	63.3	32	Monthly
India	51.70	Aug/18	52.3	55	47.9	Monthly
Indonesia	51.90	Aug/18	50.5	58.5	46.4	Monthly
Italy	50.10	Aug/18	51.5	59	48	Monthly
Japan	52.90	Sep/18	52.5	56.2	29.6	Monthly
Mexico	50.70	Aug/18	52.1	57.1	49.2	Monthly
Netherlands	59.10	Aug/18	58	63.4	48	Monthly
Russia	48.90	Aug/18	48.1	54.7	47.6	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	55.10	Aug/18	54.9	61.8	51.4	Monthly
Singapore	52.60	Aug/18	52.3	53.1	48.3	Monthly
South Africa	43.40	Aug/18	51.5	64.2	34.2	Monthly
South Korea	49.90	Aug/18	48.3	52.6	45.7	Monthly
Spain	53.00	Aug/18	52.9	56.1	41.1	Monthly
Switzerland	64.80	Aug/18	61.9	66.9	32.9	Monthly
Turkey	46.40	Aug/18	49	55.7	46.4	Monthly
United Kingdom	52.80	Aug/18	53.8	61.5	34.4	Monthly
United States	55.60	Sep/18	54.7	57.9	50.7	Monthly