date:Mar 26, 2014
site measure of both industries declined to 55 from 56.4 in February, which was the highest since May 2011.
Germany is underpinning a euro-region recovery thats under threat from a stronger euro and a slowdown in China. Unemployment fell for a third month in February and shares in Bayerische Motoren Werke AG rose to a record last week after the carmaker forecast a significant gain in 2014 profit.
Germanys private sector economy continued to grow at a record pace at the end of the first quarter