Industry in the euro zone and Germany slightly on the rise – Reuters Germany

Berlin the business of the industry in the euro zone and its largest economy Germany have improved slightly in April.

the purchasing managers index climbed to 0.1 to 51.7 points, as the Markit Institute announced on Monday to its survey of around 3,000 companies. As early as 50 points growth is signaled. “Italy and Spain are currently leaders in the growth, and also in Germany, the industrial sector gained momentum after the recent dip,” said Markit chief economist Chris Williamson. “France remains the problem child number one.”

There, the barometer signaled its steepest decline in a year. With export orders it went so down hard as the last three years no longer. “This is the only country where there is downward went with industry employment,” Williamson said, referring to the second largest after Germany economy in the monetary union.

the German purchasing managers’ index rose by 1.1 to 51.8 meters – mainly thanks to rising orders from home and abroad. In particular, from China, Southern Europe and the United States were more orders. “Another sign that companies look to the future more optimistic, the initial increase in the level of employment in the industry for three months,” said Markit expert Oliver Kolodseike.

The gross domestic product of the euro zone had risen from January to March by 0.6 percent the previous quarter. This was the strongest growth in a year and the twelfth quarterly growth in a row. “In the coming months, however, the economic pace should fail again leisurely,” said DZ Bank expert Michael Holstein. “A slump in the economy is also to be expected, despite the international load factors such as the economic weakness of key emerging markets and political uncertainty in Europe.”

So the shops of Chinese industry grow only weakly. There, the purchasing managers’ index fell by 0.1 to 50.1 meters. The stoking doubts about a sustained recovery in the world’s second largest economy. In Japan, the barometer

fell after the severe earthquake on the Kyushu Island by 0.9 to 48.2 meters.