• Economic confidence 96.2 vs 96.2 expected
• Prior 96.4
• Industrial confidence -9.4 vs -9.0 expected
• Prior -9.2
• Services confidence 8.8 vs 8.0 expected
• Prior 8.4

Economic sentiment eased slightly on the month as concerns are still lingering in the manufacturing sector. But at least services sector sentiment is improving, helping to offset a little the overall pessimism in the economy.

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.