German industrial orders slump unexpectedly in March
Reuters
Published May 05, 2023 02:17AM ET
Updated May 05, 2023 02:30AM ET
(Reuters) -German industrial orders fell significantly more than expected in March, decreasing by 10.7% from the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Friday.
A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a 2.2% decrease.
It marks the largest month-on-month decline since 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The vehicle construction sector had a particularly strong impact on the result, with incoming orders falling by 47.4% compared with the previous month. There was a large increase in orders in February that failed to materialise a month later, the office said.
"After three increases in a row, new orders literally collapsed in March, thus resumed their downward trend," Commerzbank (ETR:CBKG)'s chief economist Joerg Kraemer said.
"Increasing risks for the export-oriented German industry come from the global interest rate hikes. In addition, the impetus from working off orders that had been stuck due to a lack of materials is waning," Kraemer added.
Foreign orders fell by 13.3% from the previous month while domestic orders decreased by 6.8%.
The statistics office publishes more economic data on its website.
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