Greek bailout talks delayed, as commodity sell-off deepens -as it happened

By country, growth slowed in Germany, albeit merely to a two-month low, while a three-month lowwas seen in France. Elsewhere in the region, the rate of expansion accelerated, pushing the pace ofgrowth further ahead of both France and Germany yet failing to match the peaks seen earlier in theyear.

The survey data were collected between July13- 23, after the July 5 Greek referendumand commencing on the day that Greeceand its creditors subsequently struck anagreement on the country's third bailout,though there was little conclusive evidencefrom survey respondents as to the extent towhich the events directly affected businessactivity either positively or negatively.

However, business expectations about theyear ahead in the dominant services economy dropped to the lowest seen so far this year, fuelled byweakened confidence in Germany and France, in a sign that the crisis appears to have dentedbusiness prospects.

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