The German ZEW economic expectations index rose in September, suggesting less risk for the German economy.
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The ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped more than expected in April, helping send Germany's DAX index down 0.4%.
The gain came even though the German ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped to its lowest reading since December.
The German ZEW indicator rose by 1.4 points to minus 53.8 in December, breaking a nine-month downtrend.
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"The positive ZEW reading adds to recent encouraging signals from the German economy, " said Carsten Brzeski at ING.
New data from Germany's ZEW survey out Tuesday also showed that German investor sentiment unexpectedly worsened in May.
The report follows firmly in the footsteps of the sharp rise in the ZEW economic sentiment for Germany.
In other news Tuesday, the German economic expectations (ZEW) survey declined at fastest rate in over a year.
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In other EU-related news Tuesday, the German economic expectations (ZEW) survey declined at fastest rate in over a year.
In European news overnight, the German ZEW economic expectations index hit a three-year high in its latest February report.
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In other overnight news, the German ZEW economic expectations index rose in March to its highest level in three years.
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There was also more weak economic data coming out of Germany Tuesday, where the ZEW index of economic sentiment fell sharply.
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There was a positive economic report coming out of Germany, as the ZEW economic expectations reading was the strongest in five months.
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In overnight news, the German ZEW economic indicators index came out stronger than expected, which supported European stock markets and the Euro currency.
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The latest ZEW survey of analysts' expectations for the German economy in six months' time suggests that it is heading towards a downturn.
The index initially traded higher following well-received German ZEW economic-sentiment data.
More broadly, expectations of more economic stimulus in Europe and the U.S. drove sentiment Tuesday, boosted by a weak reading from the German ZEW survey.
Ifo's findings on the glum mood among German firms follows data on Tuesday from ZEW indicating German investor confidence had fallen to a six-month low.
The ZEW economic research institute's gauge of expectations for Germany, based on a poll of 300 analysts and investors, fell to -41.4, from -40.7 in April.
However, the German ZEW index was released overnight and was a good reading, but weaker manufacturing growth in Euro zone worked to offset the ZEW report.
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Still, the market also got a weaker-than-forecast economic report from Germany, as the ZEW sentiment index fell to minus 25.5 in August from minus 19.6 in July.
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Demand for fixed income was also buoyed by a ZEW report showing that forward-looking sentiment among investors slipped in its April reading coming in at 7.6 after 14.1.
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The German ZEW economic-expectations index managed to print a three-year high (31.5 in January, far exceeding the December print of 6.9), reaching its strongest reading in nearly two years.
The ZEW indicator of economic expectations rebounded in January.
The ZEW survey, tracking investor and analyst sentiment, down.
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The closely watched ZEW index fell from 48.5 points to 36.3 in April in a sign of growing investor fears over the strength of the German recovery amid widespread debt problems in Europe.
"The financial market experts seem to expect that the positive sentiment on the financial markets may soon result in companies realising investments that had been postponed earlier on, " said ZEW president Prof Wolfgang Franz.
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% after Moody's sovereign downgrades late Monday contrasted with positive economic data from Germany, where the ZEW economic sentiment indicator for February rose to its first positive reading since May 2011.
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