Economic Indicators

Euro zone September factory activity took a turn for the worse, PMI shows

2024.10.01 04:42

LONDON (Reuters) – Manufacturing activity across the euro zone declined at its fastest pace this year in September as demand waned sharply despite factories cutting their prices, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The downturn was broad-based and Germany, Europe’s largest economy, recorded its most pronounced worsening of factory conditions for 12 months.

HCOB’s final euro zone manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, dropped to 45.0 in September, albeit just ahead of a 44.8 preliminary estimate but further from the 50 mark separating growth from contraction.

An index measuring output, which feeds into a composite PMI due on Thursday that is seen as a good guide to economic health, fell to a nine-month low of 44.9 from 45.8 in August but was ahead of the 44.5 flash estimate.

“Euro zone industrial production will likely drop by around 1% in the third quarter compared to the last one. With incoming orders plummeting fast, we can expect another dip in production by year-end,” said Cyrus de la Rubia at Hamburg Commercial Bank.

In a sign that there will be no imminent turnaround, demand fell at the fastest rate this year even though factories returned to cutting prices. The output prices index sank to 49.2 from 51.1.

Inflation likely fell to 1.8% last month, official data due later on Tuesday is expected to show, below the European Central Bank’s 2.0% target. The ECB has cut interest rates twice this year and will do so again in December, according to a Reuters poll.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its banking district is photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

“The ECB will be pleased to see that purchase prices fell in September, especially after three months of rising prices. The drop in oil and prices helped bring down input costs, and companies passed some of that savings on to their customers,” de la Rubia said.

“But let’s not get too comfortable – these price declines might not last. With the situation in the Middle East heating up, there’s always the chance that energy prices could spike again.”



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