Germany Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit Germany Manufacturing PMI came in at 43.5 in August 2019, little-changed from a preliminary estimate of 43.6 and compared to a seven-year low of 43.2 in the previous month. The latest reading pointed to the eight month of contraction in the manufacturing sector, as new orders fell the most since April on the back of a further steep decline in new export orders. In addition, output fell for the seventh month in a row and employment contracted the most since July 2012. On the price front, the rate of decline in input prices was the quickest since March 2016, while factory gate prices dropped the most since April 2016. Looking ahead, business confidence slumped to the lowest seen since data on companies' expectations were first collected in mid-2012. Manufacturing PMI in Germany is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in Germany is expected to be 45.90 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Manufacturing PMI in Germany to stand at 51.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Germany Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 54.00 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Germany Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	94.30	95.80	109.80	80.00	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	54.80	54.50	60.30	41.30	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	43.50	43.20	63.30	32.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	51.70	50.90	59.00	50.20	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-4.20	-4.70	15.30	-21.80	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.60	-1.10	4.00	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-4.80	-5.60	15.50	-24.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	83.90	85.40	88.70	70.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	100.30	102.90	113.50	8.80	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-2.70	2.70	27.10	-15.70	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1.80	-1.22	11.20	-8.55	EUR Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	1384.00	1670.00	3755.00	416.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	182.21	183.77	187.97	92.45	EUR Billion	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-22.50	-44.10	89.60	-63.90		[+]
Car Production	313200.00	359400.00	583399.00	265542.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	313748.00	332788.00	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	-19.50	-20.50	46.60	-30.40	percent	[+]
Steel Production	3360.00	3405.48	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	80.00	81.00	82.70	73.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	11.00	12.00	20.00	10.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	24.00	20.00	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 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	43.50	43.20	63.30	32.00	2008 - 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