Germany’s factory orders remained unchanged in May, provisional data from Destatis showed Wednesday.
Factory orders stayed flat after easing by revised 1.9 percent in April. Economists had forecast orders to grow 1 percent after April’s initially reported 2 percent fall.
New orders without major orders in manufacturing climbed 0.5 percent in May.
Domestic orders slid 1.9 percent, while foreign orders increased 1.4 percent. Within foreign orders, new orders from the euro area gained 4 percent, while new orders from other countries dropped 0.3 percent.
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