The manufacturing sector in France contracted in September for the eighth consecutive month, as production and new orders fell at the fastest pace in more than three years, final results of the monthly S&P Global survey published by the Commercial Bank of Hamburg to purchasing managers. Monday.
The sector PMI stood at 44.2, compared to an initial estimate of 43.6. It stood at 46.0 in August. The 50 mark separates growth and contraction of activity.
“Stagnant sector”
“The French manufacturing sector is still stagnant,” said Norman Liebke, an economist at the Commercial Bank of Hamburg, noting that production levels have declined in all three segments of the sector (consumer goods, intermediate goods and capital goods).
Industry officials have further reduced purchasing operations, inventory levels and hiring in the face of weak demand. Thus, employment in the sector as a whole contracted for the fourth consecutive month.
According to the survey, about a third of executives surveyed predict a decline in production next year.
Source: BFM TV
