Price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in November 2014 decreased a seasonally and working day adjusted 2.4% on October 2014 (following a corrected +2.9% in October 2014 on September 2014). Domestic orders decreased 4.7% and foreign orders decreased by 0.7%. As regards the direction of trade in foreign transactions, new orders from the euro area were up 2.7% on the previous month, while new orders from other countries declined by 2.6%. The manufacturers of intermediate goods recorded decreases in orders of 2.3% and those of capital goods of 3.1%. For consumer goods, a increase in orders of 2.6% was recorded. The ... (full story)