The private sector in the 17 countries that share the euro posted the slowest rate of growth in five months, easing pressure on the region’s central bank to tighten fiscal policy, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Both growth and input-price inflation in the manufacturing sector of the 17 countries that share the euro dropped by the most in two-and-a-half years in the latest survey, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Growth in the combined private sectors of the 17 countries that share the euro slowed to by fastest rate in two and a half years as manufacturing activity dropped sharply, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Prices paid at factory gates in the U.K. rose to open the second quarter, with strong underlying price pressures continuing to keep inflation high, according to Financial Times.
Manufacturing activity in the 17 countries that share the euro grew by more than expected to open the second quarter, although the divergence between leading and peripheral economies continues to grow, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The latest data suggests that growth for the U.K. manufacturing may be slowing after a strong rebound in the first part of the year, while inflationary pressure continues to increase, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Factory gate inflation in the U.K. rose to the highest level in two and a half years to close the first quarter, adding to concerns over quickening price growth the central bank’s hesitation to raise interest rates, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Factory growth in the 17 countries that share the euro slowed at the end of the first quarter from the decade high posted the month before as the region’s unemployment rate dropped, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Private sector output in the seventeen countries that share the euro is seen to be growing at the fastest rate in almost five years, although rapid price growth my prompt tighter monetary policy, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Manufacturing activity in the 17 countries that share the euro quickened in the first month of the year to reach the highest level in nine months on strong German growth, according to The Wall Street Journal.
