Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing had decreased in July 2019 a seasonally and calendar adjusted 2.7% on the previous month. For June 2019, revision of the preliminary outcome resulted in an increase of 2.7% compared with May 2019 (provisional: +2.5%). Price-adjusted new orders without major orders in manufacturing had increased in July 2019 a seasonally and calendar adjusted 0.5% on the previous month. (full story)