Germany Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit Germany Manufacturing PMI fell to 51.5 in December 2018 from 51.8 in November, in line with a preliminary reading and market expectations, final estimates showed. The latest reading pointed to the weakest expansion in the manufacturing sector since March 2016, as new orders fell further and both accumulation of finished good stocks and backlogs of work continued to decline. Meanwhile, output rose slightly mainly due to the consumer goods sector and employment increased solidly. On the price front, input price inflation slowed mostly due to a fall in oil prices and output cost rose at the quickest pace since September. Finally, business confidence Finally, business confidence remained close to last October's near six-year low as sentiment was curbed by uncertainty relating to Brexit, trade frictions and the slowdown in the automotive industry. Manufacturing PMI in Germany is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in Germany 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 Germany to stand at 55.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Germany Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 54.90 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Germany Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	101.00	102.00	109.80	80.20	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	51.80	53.30	60.30	41.30	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	51.50	51.80	63.30	32.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	51.60	52.30	59.00	50.20	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	-4.70	0.50	15.30	-21.80	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-1.90	-0.80	4.00	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-4.90	0.90	15.50	-24.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	87.10	87.70	88.70	70.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	106.30	107.60	113.80	8.80	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-1.00	0.20	27.10	-15.70	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	8.73	1.42	9.69	-11.37	EUR Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	1694.00	1490.00	3755.00	416.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	192.30	201.20	201.20	91.05	EUR Billion	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-17.50	-24.10	89.60	-63.90		[+]
Car Production	296000.00	450500.00	583399.00	265542.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	237058.00	272674.00	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	-9.10	-7.90	46.60	-30.40	percent	[+]
Steel Production	3450.00	3600.00	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		[+]

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 January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	51.50	51.80	63.30	32.00	2008 - 2018		Monthly	SA

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	49.50	Dec/18	51.3	63.1 : 30.86
Brazil	52.60	Dec/18	52.7	53.5 : 41.6
Canada	53.60	Dec/18	54.9	57.1 : 47.5
China	49.70	Dec/18	50.2	52.3 : 47.2
Euro Area	51.40	Dec/18	51.8	60.6 : 33.5
France	49.70	Dec/18	50.8	58.8 : 42.7
Germany	51.50	Dec/18	51.8	63.3 : 32
India	53.20	Dec/18	54	55 : 47.9
Indonesia	51.20	Dec/18	50.4	58.5 : 46.4
Italy	49.20	Dec/18	48.6	59 : 48
Japan	52.60	Dec/18	52.2	56.2 : 29.6
Mexico	49.70	Dec/18	49.7	57.1 : 49.2
Netherlands	57.20	Dec/18	56.1	63.4 : 48
Russia	51.70	Dec/18	52.6	54.7 : 47.6
Saudi Arabia	54.50	Dec/18	55.2	61.8 : 51.4
Singapore	51.10	Dec/18	51.5	53.1 : 48.3
South Africa	50.70	Dec/18	49.5	60.87 : 35.09
South Korea	49.80	Dec/18	48.6	52.6 : 45.7
Spain	51.10	Dec/18	52.6	56.1 : 41.1
Switzerland	57.80	Dec/18	57.7	66.9 : 32.9
Turkey	44.20	Dec/18	44.7	55.7 : 42.7
United Kingdom	54.20	Dec/18	53.6	61.5 : 34.4
United States	53.80	Dec/18	55.3	57.9 : 50.7