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Konjunktur: Umfragen deuten auf deutlich stärkeres Wachstum in Deutschland und Europa hin

Die Einkaufsmanagerindizes für Deutschland und Europa übertreffen die Erwartungen deutlich. Vor allem die deutsche Industrie treibt das Wachstum an.

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Konjunktur: Umfragen deuten auf deutlich stärkeres Wachstum in Deutschland und Europa hin

Berlin - Recent surveys suggest a significantly stronger economic growth in Germany and the Eurozone. The gross domestic product in the Eurozone could grow as robustly as it has in nearly three and a half years. The purchasing managers' index for the economies of the monetary union, which aggregates the sales of industry and services firms, rose by 1.1 points to 53.1 in September, according to S&P Global financial services.

Experts polled by Reuters, however, expected a decline to 51.7. Growth is indicated from values of 50. For Germany, the index reached a value of 53.8, the highest since 11 months. Economists had not anticipated a change from the previous month's value of 51.8. S&P Global explained that the growth was so strong thanks to a clear increase in business activity in the services sector and solid gains in industrial production, primarily due to the higher order backlog. Hiring remained dampened as business outlooks sank to a three-month low.

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