MADRID 6 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The growth of the activity of the euro zone companies was moderated during the month of April, according to the compound PMI index, which dropped to 50.4 points from March 50.9, according to the Global and Hamburg Commercial Bank data.
Specifically, the PMI of the Euro zone services showed a practically stagnation situation, with a 50.1 points reading, compared to March 51, while the manufacturing PMI rebounded 49 integers from 48.6 of the previous month, although still in contractive territory.
-Among the countries analyzed, Ireland (54 points) and Spain (52.5) were the economies that showed a greater rhythm of expansion of the private sector, ahead of Italy (52,1) and Germany (50.1), while the activity in France (47,8) continued to contract.
“The economic growth of the euro zone slowed in the first month of the second quarter, after having registered a rebound in the first three months of the year,” said Cyrus of the blonde, chief economist of Hamburg Commercial Bank, for whom the pressure of the costs in the services sector remains relatively high, although it has moderated slightly in the last two months.
On its side, employment in the euro zone has reached a slight stabilization, since the decrease in templates in the manufacturing sector has been compensated “by the growth of employment in the services sector, although, in general,” there is still a remarkable reluctance to hire personnel, which is not surprising given the current uncertainty. “
