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

The IHS Markit/BME Germany Manufacturing PMI stood at a nine-month low of 58.1 in April 2018, unchanged from the preliminary estimate and slightly below March's final 58.2. Still, the reading pointed to a strong pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector. Output rose at a faster pace, while new order growth slowed for the fourth month running to the lowest since November 2016 and the rate of job creation moderated for the fifth consecutive month. Manufacturers’ confidence towards the year-ahead outlook for output picked up in April from an 18-month low in March. Manufacturing PMI in Germany is reported by Markit Economics.

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Germany Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	102.10	103.30	109.80	79.70	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	53.00	53.90	60.30	41.30	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	58.10	58.20	63.30	32.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.60	55.10	59.00	50.20	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	3.20	2.20	15.30	-21.80	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	1.00	-1.70	4.00	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	4.10	2.80	15.50	-24.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	87.70	87.90	88.70	70.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	108.80	109.80	114.00	8.80	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.90	-0.20	27.10	-15.70	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-5.20	-2.52	9.62	-11.40	EUR Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	1624.00	1608.00	3755.00	416.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	191.47	193.16	193.16	90.99	EUR Billion	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-8.20	-8.20	89.60	-63.90		[+]
Car Production	487600.00	523600.00	583399.00	265542.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	314055.00	347433.00	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	-10.00	-6.10	46.60	-30.40	percent	[+]
Steel Production	3900.00	3340.00	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 May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	58.10	58.20	63.30	32.00	2008 - 2018		Monthly	SA

manufacturing pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	58.30	Apr/18	63.1	63.1	30.86	Monthly
Brazil	52.30	Apr/18	53.4	53.5	41.6	Monthly
Canada	55.50	Apr/18	55.7	56.3	47.5	Monthly
China	51.10	Apr/18	51	52.3	47.2	Monthly
Euro Area	56.20	Apr/18	56.6	60.6	33.5	Monthly
France	53.80	Apr/18	53.7	58.8	42.7	Monthly
Germany	58.10	Apr/18	58.2	63.3	32	Monthly
India	51.60	Apr/18	51	55	47.9	Monthly
Indonesia	51.60	Apr/18	50.7	58.5	46.4	Monthly
Italy	53.50	Apr/18	55.1	59	48	Monthly
Japan	53.80	Apr/18	53.1	56.2	29.6	Monthly
Mexico	51.60	Apr/18	52.4	57.1	49.2	Monthly
Netherlands	60.70	Apr/18	61.5	63.4	48	Monthly
Russia	51.30	Apr/18	50.6	54.7	47.6	Monthly
South Korea	48.40	Apr/18	49.1	52.6	45.7	Monthly
Spain	54.40	Apr/18	54.8	56.1	41.1	Monthly
Switzerland	63.60	Apr/18	60.3	66.9	32.9	Monthly
Turkey	48.90	Apr/18	51.8	55.7	47	Monthly
United Kingdom	53.90	Apr/18	54.9	61.5	34.4	Monthly
United States	56.50	Apr/18	55.6	57.9	50.7	Monthly