Fra markit:
kommentar fra Markit til de seneste PMI data for Tyskland:
“The flash PMI data for May signalled no let-up in German economic growth, with the headline output index reaching its highest level in over six years. The index has trended at 57.0 over April-May, pointing to the strongest quarterly expansion since Q2 2011.
Manufacturing continued its impressive performance with output, new orders and backlogs all growing at the sharpest rates in over six years, and export expansion hitting a seven-year record. Cost pressures at manufacturers also eased noticeably in May, but remained strong overall.
“The only blot on Germany’s copybook in May was a further solid but unspectacular rise in service sector new business, reflected in another decline in the volume of outstanding work in the sector. “As signalled by the PMI, German economic growth accelerated in the first quarter to 0.6% on a quarteron-quarter basis, from 0.4% in Q4 2016.
Moreover, PMI data for the first two months of the second quarter are signalling continued positive momentum. This supports IHS Markit’s view of growth in the coming quarters remaining strong at around 0.6% on average, and our full-year forecast for 2017 has been raised to 2.0% in calendaradjusted terms.”
