“The eurozone economy is struggling to gain momentum. For six months now, growth has been minimal, with activity in the service sector stagnating and manufacturing output rising only moderately,” Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank.
“In Germany, there are signs of a cautious improvement in the situation, but France continues to drag its feet”.
The expansion in the 20-country currency area was centred on the manufacturing sector, where production increased for the fourth successive month, according to the survey.
That downvote is not from me, but this community has drifted away from promoting European products and services to a general politics and economy forum.