Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in March 2015 increased a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.9% on February 2015. In February 2015, they decreased by 0.9% on January 2015, as already reported in the previous month. In March 2015, domestic orders increased 4.3% and foreign orders decreased 1.6% on the previous month. As regards the direction of trade in foreign transactions, new orders from the euro area were up 2.5% on the previous month, while new orders from other countries declined by 4.0%. The manufacturers of ... (full story)