Germany’s VDA out with the monthly numbers and not good reading

  • Registrations -2% vs +4% in Oct y/y
  • German reg -2% vs +2% prior
  • Foreign reg 0% vs 9% prior
  • Exports -8% vs +3% prior
  • Production -5% vs 4% prior

I wonder if there’s a stockpile of Mercs that would have been heading to Russia

;-)
German car production 02 12 2014

German car production 02 12 2014

Another knock for the German economy, though better than in August when exports and production fell 30%, though mainly due to an unusual plant shutdown period for the holidays.