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Eurozone PMIs paint an optimistic picture - ING
Bert Colijn, Senior Economist at ING, notes that the composite PMI increased from 48.5 to 54.8 in July - a significant jump that continues to signal improvements in business activity as the eurozone leaves lockdowns behind.
"We're reluctant to consider the reading of the index very literally, instead, we think the direction of the index is more useful in these uncertain times."
"The significant improvement indicates that demand is bouncing back as economies reopen, which confirms our view of a very strong 3Q growth figure. Also important is the speed of the recovery of German exporters which showed some signs of life as demand from China has been picking up in July, but also internal eurozone demand too."
"For the eurozone’s strongest exporter, this is positive news and it is an early indication that trade might have also started a cautious recovery."
"Even though output is recovering, businesses are still reducing jobs at a considerable pace. This is in line with our expectations as short-time work schemes have kept unemployment artificially low throughout the lockdown and we expect unemployment to continue to rise for quite some time."
"This will be a key factor hampering the recovery after the first phase of rapid growth post-lockdown is over."
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