I am anna edwards. Lets start with breaking news. Of howe pmi, the gauge the economies across the eurozone are doing right now, these are the preliminary numbers for august. We were expecting on manufacturing a number of 51. 3. It has come in at 50. 8. The service number, that has come in just a shade below estimates at 53. 5. The composite number, we were expecting 53. 4. That has come in at 52. 8. That is a little bit below estimates. Slightly below estimates all in all. Clearly the miss against expectations lies somewhere outside of germany. Lets check how that is impacting on the euro. We are not far right now. 1. 3268. You can see the oscillations in trade around that french data which was mixed to negative and that german data which was better on all counts. Details from our international correspondent, hans nichols. Storye been watching this all morning. Just to recap, that composite number on pmi for the eurozone has come in at 52. 8. Way theis is in a reverse of a story where
And hollande calls the bid for alston unacceptable and focusing on Getting Better offers if the firm. A warm welcome to todays program. Plenty to get through in the Corporate News front. Well be focusing on the bank sectors. But before that, we have the final print of the eurozone pmis. And they have come in at 53. 1. They were forecast at 53. 1. But its the highest since june 2011. Com miss composite 54, german 53, forecast at 55. Italian april surface pmi, 51. 1, and that was forecast at 50. 2. French services pmi, 50. 4. So again the two economies most concerned about coming into the beginning of the year showing continue rebound. Eurodollar up to 139. 20. Up to the best levels of the session. In fact were up to nearly the highest in three weeks. Joining us with his you views and for the first part of the show today, tim hayward, head of fixed income. Another sign of increasing activity in the economies weve been most worried about. Spanish yields now below 3 for the first im time i
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