Price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in July 2014 increased a seasonally and working day adjusted 4.6% on June 2014 (following –2.7% in June 2014 on May 2014). Domestic orders increased 1.7% and foreign orders by 6.9%. As regards the direction of trade in foreign transactions, new orders from the euro area were up 1.7% on the previous month, while new orders from other countries increased by 9.8%. The manufacturers of intermediate- and capital goods recorded increases in orders of 0.3% and 8.5%. For consumer goods, a decrease in orders of 2.9% was recorded. The rates of change are based on the volume index of ... (full story)