Germany’s Factory Orders rebounded in February, according to the official data published by the Federal Statistics Office on Friday, suggesting that the German manufacturing sector is on track for a recovery.
Over the month, contracts for goods ‘Made in Germany’ rose 0.2%, recovering from an 11.4% slump reported in January, missing the estimates of 0.8%.
Germany’s Industrial Orders tumbled at an annual rate of 10.6% in the same period, compared with the previous decline of 6.2%.
FX implications
Weak German data keep the Euro depressed, as the EUR/USD pair tests lows near 1.0825 ahead of the US Nonfarm Payrolls data release. The pair is down 0.06% so far.
(This story was corrected on Friday at 06:03 GMT to say that "German Factory Orders rebound 0.2% MoM in February vs. 0.8% expected", not -11.3% expected)
Euro price today
The table below shows the percentage change of Euro (EUR) against listed major currencies today. Euro was the weakest against the Japanese Yen.
USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
USD | 0.08% | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.17% | -0.12% | 0.25% | 0.03% | |
EUR | -0.07% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.10% | -0.19% | 0.18% | -0.04% | |
GBP | -0.11% | -0.03% | 0.03% | 0.06% | -0.22% | 0.14% | -0.08% | |
CAD | -0.15% | -0.07% | -0.03% | 0.02% | -0.27% | 0.11% | -0.09% | |
AUD | -0.16% | -0.08% | -0.05% | -0.01% | -0.28% | 0.09% | -0.14% | |
JPY | 0.13% | 0.21% | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.16% | |
NZD | -0.26% | -0.17% | -0.14% | -0.10% | -0.08% | -0.37% | -0.23% | |
CHF | -0.06% | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.09% | 0.12% | -0.18% | 0.21% |
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