BERLIN (Reuters) – German manufacturing orders rose more than expected in August due to a strong increase in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products sector.
German industrial orders rose by 3.9% on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Friday.
A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a rise of 1.8%.
The less volatile three-month on three-month comparison showed that new orders were 4.9% higher in the period from June to August than in the previous three months, the data showed.
The statistics office publishes more economic data on its website.
(Reporting by Rachel More and Maria Martinez, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
