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I am anna edwards. Lets start with breaking news. Of howe pmi, the gauge the economies across the eurozone are doing right now, these are the preliminary numbers for august. We were expecting on manufacturing a number of 51. 3. It has come in at 50. 8. The service number, that has come in just a shade below estimates at 53. 5. The composite number, we were expecting 53. 4. That has come in at 52. 8. That is a little bit below estimates. Slightly below estimates all in all. Clearly the miss against expectations lies somewhere outside of germany. Lets check how that is impacting on the euro. We are not far right now. 1. 3268. You can see the oscillations in trade around that french data which was mixed to negative and that german data which was better on all counts. Details from our international correspondent, hans nichols. Storye been watching this all morning. Just to recap, that composite number on pmi for the eurozone has come in at 52. 8. Way theis is in a reverse of a story where ....