Secteur privé français : une croissance retrouvée grâce au secteur des services

News Release ®Purchasing Managers’ Index MARKET SENSITIVE INFORMATION EMBARGOED UNTIL: 0800 (UK Time) 20 February 2015 ®Markit Flash France PMI French private sector output rises at fastest rate for three-and-a-half years Key points: further, with the latest drop the most marked in 20 months. Panellists commented on weak demand (1)  Flash France Composite Output Index rises to conditions and strong competitive pressures as 52.2 (49.3 in January), 42-month high factors weighing on new business in the latest (2)  Flash France Services Activity Index climbs to survey period. 53.4 (49.4 in January), 42-month high Employment in the French private sector was (3)  Flash France Manufacturing Output Index broadly stable in February, ending a 15-month period of contraction. Marginal growth of staffing falls to 47.0 (49.1 in January), 2-month low levels was recorded at service providers, offsetting (4)  Flash France Manufacturing PMI drops to continued job shedding in the manufacturing sector. 47.7 (49.2 in January), 2-month low Backlogs of work at French private sector companies rose for a third successive month in Data collected 12-19 February February. The rate of growth in outstanding business was solid and the sharpest for three-and- Summary: a-half years. Again, contrasting trends were seen at ® The latest flash France PMI data pointed to a rise the sector level, with service providers noting in private sector output during February.