Germany Manufacturing PMI

The IHS Markit Germany Manufacturing PMI dropped to 51.5 in December 2018 from 51.8 in the previous month and below market expectations of 52.0, a preliminary estimate showed. The latest reading pointed to the weakest pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector since March 2016 mainly due to a renewed contraction in manufacturers’ stocks of purchases and easing supply chain pressures. In addition, new orders fell for the third straight month and at the fastest rate since November 2014. Manufacturing PMI in Germany is reported by Markit Economics.

Manufacturing PMI in Germany is expected to be 52.30 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	102.00	102.90	109.80	80.20	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	52.50	53.30	60.30	41.30	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	51.50	51.80	63.30	32.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	52.20	52.30	59.00	50.20	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.60	0.70	15.30	-21.80	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.50	0.10	4.00	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.50	0.00	15.50	-24.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	87.10	87.70	88.70	70.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	107.60	107.50	113.80	8.80	Index Points	[+]
Factory Orders	0.30	0.10	27.10	-15.70	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	8.73	1.42	9.69	-11.37	EUR Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	1490.00	1616.00	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	450500.00	442500.00	583399.00	265542.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	272674.00	252628.00	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	-5.70	-11.20	46.60	-30.40	percent	[+]
Steel Production	3600.00	3775.00	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		[+]

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 December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	51.50	51.80	63.30	32.00	2008 - 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	51.40	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	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	52.40	Dec/18	52.2	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	53.90	Dec/18	55.3	57.9 : 50.7