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German Ifo Confidence Improved Even as Brexit Threat Loomed

From bloomberg.com

German business sentiment unexpectedly improved in June as companies shrugged off the risk of Britons voting to leave the European Union. The Munich-based Ifo institute’s business climate index rose to 108.7 from a revised 107.8 in May. That’s the highest level since December. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists was for a decline to 107.4. The U.K. voted to quit the 28-nation bloc, with final results published Friday showing 52 percent of the electorate was in favor of an exit. Even though Europe’s largest economy counts the U.K. as the third-biggest destination for its exports, more than 60 ... (full story)

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