The Ifo indicator for the German auto sector fell to minus 1 point in December, after plus 7.9 in November. Oliver Falck, the head of the Ifo Center for Industrial Organisation and New Technologies said: “This renewed deterioration is driven by the manufacturers, not the suppliers.”
The situation indicator for manufacturers fell significantly to 15.6 points, after 36.5 in November.
All manufacturers continue to be affected by supply bottlenecks for preliminary products.
Business abroad seems to be stalling.
The index for export expectations fell to 28.1 points from 51.1 in November.
Mr Falck added: “The expectations of the manufacturers are also no longer so rosy.”
The manufacturers’ business expectations fell from 42.7 points to 18.2 in December.
The situation with the manufacturers transfers directly to that of suppliers, which remains pretty bad.
The indicator rose to minus 13.6 points, after minus 21.7 points in November, but remained clearly in negative territory.
Suppliers’ business expectations are more pessimistic than they have been in almost two years.
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