PMI Spanien – læs hele meddelelsen her
Although growth continued in the Spanish manufacturing sector during September, there were signs of a slowdown as new orders rose at the weakest pace since December 2013. Meanwhile, input costs fell sharply over the month amid reports of lower fuel prices and firms passed these reductions on to their clients via reduced charges.
The seasonally adjusted Markit Spain Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI® ) – a composite indicator designed to measure the performance of the manufacturing economy – fell to 51.7 in September from 53.2 in the previous month. The reading still signalled an improvement in the health of the sector but the weakest since December 2013. The rate at which business conditions strengthened has now eased in four successive months.
New business rose at the weakest pace in 21 months during September, with the latest expansion only slight. Although new export orders increased at a faster pace, the rate of growth remained much slower than seen earlier in the year. Weaker new order growth led to an easing in the pace at which production increased.
Although solid, the rate of expansion was the slowest since August 2014. Meanwhile, backlogs of work decreased for the second month running in September. The rate of depletion was marginal and weaker than that seen in the previous month. Decreasing costs for fuel and other oil-related products resulted in a first reduction in input prices in seven months during September.
Moreover, the rate of decline was sharp and the fastest since August 2009. Output prices also fell, the third successive month in which a decline has been recorded. The reduction was also the sharpest in 26 months and linked by panellists to the drop in input costs
