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Here come European flash PMIs...

Oscar Williams-Grut   

Here come European flash PMIs...

French President Francois Hollande (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet at the Prefecture in Strasbourg, France, February 7, 2016.

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French President Francois Hollande (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet at the Prefecture in Strasbourg, France, February 7, 2016.

It's flash PMI day in Europe, meaning we're getting an early estimate for growth in February.

Growth figures for Germany, France, and the Eurozone as a whole are rolling in between 8 a.m. GMT (3 a.m. ET) and 9 a.m. GMT (4 a.m. ET), with specific breakouts for service sector and manufacturing growth.

The purchasing managers index figures from Markit are given as a number between 0 and 100. Anything above 50 signals growth, while anything below means a contraction in activity - so the higher the better.

Eurozone growth is forecast to slow slightly in February, down from 53.6 to 53.3, due to a slowdown in the German economy and French manufacturing.

We'll bring you all the figures as they come in.

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