The growth rate of eurozone economic output accelerated for the third straight month in February, rising to its highest since July of last year. At 53.3, the final Markit Eurozone PMI® Composite Output Index signalled an expansion for the twentieth month in a row, but came in slightly softer than the earlier flash estimate of 53.5. For the first time since April 2014, expansions in economic activity were signalled across each of the ‘big-four’ eurozone economies. By nation, output growth was again led by Ireland and Spain. The rate of expansion in economic activity also accelerated to a four-month high in Germany, ... (full story)