The pace of economic activity in the euro area reached its lowest ebb in 18 months in May with economists uncertain about the risk of a further slowdown. IHS Markit's so-called composite purchasing managers' index for the single curreny bloc's manufacturing and services sector printed at 51.4 for May, down from a reading of 55.1 for the month before. That was unchanged from the survey compiler's preliminary reading released roughly two weeks before. However, the services sector PMI was revised ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...