European Economic News Preview: Eurozone Final Factory PMI Due

RTTNews | 163 days ago
European Economic News Preview: Eurozone Final Factory PMI Due

(RTTNews) - Final factory Purchasing Managers' survey results and unemployment from the euro area are due on Wednesday.

At 3.15 am ET, Spain's manufacturing PMI survey results are due. Economists forecast the index to rise to 50.5 in March from 50.0 in February.

At 3.45 am ET, S&P Global publishes Italy's factory PMI. The manufacturing index is forecast to climb to 50.9 in March from 50.6 in the prior month.

At 3.50 am ET, France's final factory PMI survey results are due. The flash estimate showed that the manufacturing index rose slightly to 50.2 in March from 50.1 in February.

At 3.55 am ET, S&P Global releases Germany's final PMI data. The final manufacturing PMI is seen at 51.7 in March, unchanged from the flash estimate, and up from 50.9 in February.

At 4.00 am ET, Eurozone final factory PMI survey results are due. The final PMI is forecast to rise to 51.4, as initially estimated, from 50.8 in February.

At 4.30 am ET, UK S&P Global final manufacturing PMI survey data is due. The index is expected to match the flash estimate of 51.4 in March, down from 51.7 in February.

At 5.00 am ET, Eurostat is scheduled to issue euro area unemployment data. The jobless rate is seen unchanged at 6.1 percent in February.

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