{"id":427795,"date":"2026-03-02T16:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/03\/eurozone-february-final-manufacturing-pmi-50-8-vs-50-8-prelim\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:25:10","slug":"eurozone-february-final-manufacturing-pmi-50-8-vs-50-8-prelim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/eurozone-february-final-manufacturing-pmi-50-8-vs-50-8-prelim-427795\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurozone February final manufacturing PMI 50.8 vs 50.8 prelim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior 49.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Germany&#8217;s improvement is the main story driving the recovery in the euro area manufacturing sector to start the new year. Hopes of a sustained return to growth is making for a more optimistic picture at the moment. The headline reading is a 44-month high with the manufacturing output index also moving up to 51.9, its highest in six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The only slight concern is that the latest survey data signalled an intensification of inflationary pressures. That as input prices rose sharply to a 38-month high while output charges registered a back-to-back monthly rise<br \/>\nfor only the second time in almost three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">HCOB notes that:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u201cThis seems to be a broad-based recovery of the eurozone manufacturing sector, with six out of the eight surveyed countries<br \/>\nnow in growth territory. Germany\u2019s industry, which experienced a big jump in the headline PMI, has returned to growth for<br \/>\nthe first time in three-and-half years. Among the four economic powerhouses of Europe, Germany is showing the fastest<br \/>\ngrowth rate in manufacturing. To be sure, we are not talking about a boom, but a moderate recovery coming from a low<br \/>\nactivity level amid persisting structural challenges like high energy prices, intense competition from China and US tariffs,<br \/>\namong other things.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u201cInput price increases have now accelerated for four straight months and even picked up sharply in February. Several survey<br \/>\nparticipants pointed to higher energy and metal prices, as well as the carbon capture adjustment mechanism that kicked in<br \/>\nat the start of the year. Companies were able to pass part of these cost increases on to customers, but it\u2019s likely that their<br \/>\nmargins still took a bit of a hit.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u201cCompanies of the manufacturing sector are quite optimistic about their ability to sell more goods in the future and their<br \/>\nexpectations for production are even higher than they were one month before. This good mood comes especially from Italy<br \/>\nand Germany. In Germany, this is most probably to do with higher public spending in infrastructure and defence, from which<br \/>\nItaly, as one of the main trading partners of Germany, may also take some advantage. A similar development can be seen in<br \/>\nthe context of new orders. They have increased in the eurozone and this is driven by Germany and Italy, while factories in<br \/>\nFrance and Spain are faced with fewer new orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior 49.5 Germany&#8217;s improvement is the main story driving the recovery in the euro area manufacturing sector to start the new year. 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