The value of new contracts for goods produced by the manufacturing sector. A rising level of Industrial New Orders forecasts increased production and a rising GDP. There are two headline numbers released for this report, month to month and annualized change.

Note: Although the industrial manufacturing sector contributes only a quarter of Euro-zone GDP, it accounts for most of the variations in GDP.

Relevance: Rarely affects markets
Release schedule : 9:00 (GMT); monthly
Source of report : Eurostat
Web Address : http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Address of release : http://ec.europa.eu/comm/eurostat
Refer to Euro-Indicators > Industry, commerce and services >
Industry, trade and services - horizontal view > Short-term Business Statistics - Monthly and Quarterly (Industry, Construction, Retail Trade and Other Services) > Select "Industry (NACE Rev.1 C-F)" Select "New orders indices (2000=100)"