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Manufacturing in October 2018: New orders +0.3% seasonally adjusted on the previous month
Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing had increased in October 2018 a seasonally and calendar adjusted 0.3% on the previous month. For September 2018, revision of the preliminary outcome resulted in an increase of 0.1% compared with August 2018 (primary +0.3%). Price-adjusted new orders without major orders in manufacturing had increased in October 2018 a seasonally and calendar adjusted also 0.3% on the previous month. Domestic orders decreased by 3.2% and foreign orders increased by 2.9% in October 2018 on the previous month. New ... (full story)