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Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
by Robert Brusca September 5, 2007
Service sector trends are still rising in the Euro area and the UK.
The services industry eased in August in the Euro area, if below the Zones 3-month average, but not by much. If these indexes are a litmus test on how much the services sector (that includes the troubled financial sector) has been hurt by the recent market unrest, it is nothing to worry about. Unfortunately it is too soon to tell. Germany, a country that had two banks propped up by authorities saw its service sector strengthen in August. Germanys sector reading is in the 93rd percentile of its range. France, Spain and Ireland show current readings that are below their 12-month averages. Clearly the Euro area has seen some slowing downs in its service sector. And while there seems to be different trends in play across countries the Euro area itself is still in the growth zone.
Aug-07 | Jul-07 | 3Mo | 6Mo | 12Mo | Percentile | |
Euro-13 | 58.04 | 58.34 | 58.24 | 57.72 | 57.46 | 80.1% |
Germany | 59.76 | 58.47 | 59.04 | 58.33 | 57.36 | 93.1% |
France | 58.40 | 58.93 | 58.77 | 58.68 | 59.06 | 57.5% |
Italy | 56.18 | 58.46 | 57.52 | 56.18 | 55.69 | 57.2% |
Spain | 53.51 | 56.33 | 55.05 | 55.37 | 56.74 | 48.7% |
Ireland | 56.98 | 56.19 | 56.70 | 57.42 | 59.19 | 51.2% |
EU only | ||||||
UK | 57.55 | 57.02 | 57.44 | 57.39 | 58.13 | 78.9% |
percentile is over range since May 2000 |