Business growth in the eurozone did not meet expectations as it approaches the end of the first half this year after the unexpected sluggish growth of the service enterprises, according to the survey on Friday. Nevertheless, the inflation and the overall remains considerably strong which will most likely be sustained by policymakers of the central bank of Europe to balance out and return to its dovish stance. The PMI data showed a 0.7 percent GDP growth for the second quarter that has exceeded the 0.5 percent forecast of Reuters earlier this June. In the previous quarter, it grew a corrected figure of 0.6 percent growth. However, companies focused on the service industry has weakened. The services PMI dropped to 54.7 from 56.3, significantly lower than the predictions of economists surveyed. On the other hand, the manufacturing sector PMI rose to 57.3 from 57.0 reaching more than six-year high.
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