French Markit Flash PMI: Global slowdown in September
                                                            According to Markit ,   the French composite  flash PMI,  decreased strongly  in  September  ( at 5 3.6   vs.  5 4 . 9 ) , more  than expected , falling back toward its level  from  December 2016. Nevertheless ,  the index  remained  well anchored  in the expansion area.  Th us,  French activity should continue to  grow at  a  moderate pace .  T he  new  PMIs decline  reinforces the  reversal  trend which had been looming since  December  2017 . Moreover, both  the services index  and the manufacturing one decreased in  September .  The se  PMI figures are com patible with our GDP forecast of  +1. 5 % on average in 2018 .