DMV-ifo Marketing Barometer July 2019

The slump in sentiment in the marketing sector continues.

After the business climate index for the marketing sector had already slumped in June (-3.3 points), this trend continued in July. A collapse of -3.1 points can be observed.

The DMV-ifo business climate thus continues to follow the trend of the ifo business climate index of the German economy as a whole. The ifo Business Climate Index recorded a slump of -1.8 points. Although the slump is weaker than that of the DMV-ifo business climate, similar developments can be observed here. The reason for the decline in the DMV-ifo business climate lies in the low business expectations, as there is a declining trend here, albeit weaker than in the previous month. After a strong decline of -5.8 points in June, the figure for this month is "only" 0.8 points. The value in relation to the business situation is falling much more sharply with a decline of -5.5 points. The assessment of the order backlog is therefore not surprising. After it had already been very high in June with a drop of -4.5 points, this value even fell by a further 13.2 points in July. Similarly negative trends can be seen in the expectations for the number of employees and sales.

 

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