Germany: Equities and weak data likely weighed on the ZEW index – TDS

By FXStreet Research Team at TDS, suggests that despite an upside surprise to the German PMI index on Monday, the details weren’t great.

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“Furthermore, declines in German equity prices and worse-than-expected data so far in May are both likely to have weighed on the ZEW index in May. We expect the current situation index to slip to 46.9 (consensus: 49.0), continuing its steady climb down from its early-2015 highs, while the expectations index slips back slightly to 10.5 (consensus: 12.0) after a big surge in April.”
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