Germany Markit manufacturing PMI flash January 2018 61.2 vs 63.0 exp

January 2018 German Markit manufacturing, services and composite PMI’s 24 January 2018

Prior 63.3
Services 57.0 vs 55.6 exp. Prior 55.8
Composite 58.8 vs 58.6 exp. Prior 58.9

An easing in manufacturing but a decent gain in services. More importantly, there’s news on inflation;

Costs also rose more quickly in the services economy, pushing the overall rate of input price inflation to its highest since April 2011. Businesses passed on higher costs in the form of increased selling prices for goods and services, which also rose at the fastest rate for close to seven years. Factory gate price inflation was in fact the second-fastest on record, while the increase in service sector charges was the quickest in ten months.

EURUSD not doing anythingaround 1.2320.