• Prior -80.5
  • Economic sentiment (Outlook) 42.9 vs 35.0 expected
  • Prior 31.7

The headline reading is worse than expected but the bright side is at least the outlook reading was a beat on estimates. That reaffirms that underlying conditions in the German economy are still a struggle but with ECB rate cuts lined up, there is some hope for optimism. Well, for now at least.