Latest data released by Markit - 23 August 2018
- Prior 53.3
- Services PMI 55.7 vs 55.1 expected
- Prior 54.9
- Composite PMI 55.1 vs 54.6 expected
- Prior 54.4
Beats across the board for French figures. And they're also improvement relative to the July readings. That will at least provide some added confidence to the ECB. There's still German and Eurozone figures to come though, so let's wait and see before passing further judgement.
