ZEW's Schmidt Says Drop in Factory Orders Pushed Confidence Index Lower

(Bloomberg) -- Sandra Schmidt, an economist at
Germany's ZEW Center for European Research in Mannheim, comments
on the index's decline.

An index of investor and analyst expectations for economic
growth in six months unexpectedly fell in June, declining to 20.3
from 24 in May, ZEW said today.


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