Since the Ukraine war, the euro area has struggled to regain momentum, but business sentiment has finally turned the corner. At the aggregate level, manufacturing PMI rose to 50.7 in August 2025 (first expansion since early 2022) and the services PMI was 50.5 in August, keeping the composite index modestly above the 50 threshold. The European Commission…
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