Eurozone PMI shows continued decent growth… outside of France - ing think

The decrease in the composite PMI from 53.1 to 51.9 still leaves the index at a level associated with decent growth. Growth concerns seem mostly centred around France while input costs are rising across the eurozone again So far, economic growth has remained resilient in the eurozone despite the energy shock. Third quarter GDP growth was likely still decent, judging from sentiment data, although industrial output did disappoint in July. But the start of 3Q still benefited from the temporary dip in energy prices, while concerns about France only emerged towards the end of the quarter. The October PMI shows that the economy remained resilient amid higher energy prices. France is the notable exception though, where the PMI dropped from 51.1 to 48.