Italy Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit Italy Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.6 in November of 2018 from 49.2 in October, below market expectations of 48.8. The reading pointed to the sharpest decline in the manufacturing sector since December of 2014. Output fell the most in 67 months amid a decrease in customer demand, especially for automobiles; and new orders continued to decline. On the other hand, employment rose for a forty-seventh consecutive month; input price inflation was the lowest in 16 months although it remained high amid rising prices for oil and plastic. Finally, business confidence was the lowest since May of 2015, with political uncertainty and fears of an economic slowdown weighing on confidence. Manufacturing PMI in Italy is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in Italy is expected to be 50.20 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Manufacturing PMI in Italy to stand at 51.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Italy Manufacturing PMI is projected to trend around 54.10 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Italy Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	104.40	104.90	121.52	71.50	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	48.60	49.20	59.00	48.00		[+]
Services PMI	50.30	49.20	57.70	42.30	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.00	1.40	17.50	-26.00	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.10	-0.10	13.50	-14.80	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.20	1.00	19.40	-27.00	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	77.90	78.00	81.00	64.90	percent	[+]
New Orders	108.40	74.80	140.30	4.16	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	-2.90	4.90	14.30	-12.30	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	157.50	-500.50	5282.90	-4832.60	EUR Million	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-49.00	-43.40	80.40	-61.60		[+]
Car Registrations	146991.00	146655.00	310337.00	53296.00		[+]
Internet Speed	9210.65	8669.14	9210.65	2453.86	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	13315518.00	13117319.00	18750460.00	5491532.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	0.00	-11.20	47.40	-26.20	percent	[+]
Steel Production	2299.00	2176.00	3033.00	750.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	70.77	70.46	70.77	4.30	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	31.00	31.00	49.00	31.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	49.30	49.30	59.00	48.80		[+]
Bankruptcies	2949.00	3015.00	4543.00	955.00	Companies	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	51.00	46.00	87.00	44.00		[+]
Electricity Production	24984.00	24768.00	29587.00	21113.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	50.00	47.00	55.00	29.90	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	54.00	60.00	72.00	29.00		[+]

In Italy, the Markit Italy Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of 400 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 - Italy Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Italy Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	48.60	49.20	59.00	48.00	2012 - 2018		Monthly	SA

Country	Last		Previous	Range
Australia	51.30	Nov/18	58.3	63.1 : 30.86
Brazil	52.70	Nov/18	51.1	53.5 : 41.6
Canada	54.90	Nov/18	53.9	57.1 : 47.5
China	50.20	Nov/18	50.1	52.3 : 47.2
Euro Area	51.80	Nov/18	52	60.6 : 33.5
France	50.80	Nov/18	51.2	58.8 : 42.7
Germany	51.80	Nov/18	52.2	63.3 : 32
India	54.00	Nov/18	53.1	55 : 47.9
Indonesia	50.40	Nov/18	50.5	58.5 : 46.4
Italy	48.60	Nov/18	49.2	59 : 48
Japan	52.20	Nov/18	52.9	56.2 : 29.6
Mexico	49.70	Nov/18	50.7	57.1 : 49.2
Netherlands	56.10	Nov/18	57.1	63.4 : 48
Russia	52.60	Nov/18	51.3	54.7 : 47.6
Saudi Arabia	55.20	Nov/18	53.8	61.8 : 51.4
Singapore	51.50	Nov/18	51.9	53.1 : 48.3
South Africa	49.50	Nov/18	42.4	60.87 : 35.09
South Korea	48.60	Nov/18	51	52.6 : 45.7
Spain	52.60	Nov/18	51.8	56.1 : 41.1
Switzerland	57.70	Nov/18	57.4	66.9 : 32.9
Turkey	44.70	Nov/18	44.3	55.7 : 42.7
United Kingdom	53.10	Nov/18	51.1	61.5 : 34.4
United States	55.30	Nov/18	55.7	57.9 : 50.7