European Manufacturing Feeling the Downturn

Marketwatch details:

Industrial orders in the 17-nation euro zone fell 1.3% in November after a 1.5% rise in October, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday. Compared to November 2010, orders fell 2.7%, the agency said. Economists had forecast a 2.3% monthly decline and a 2.8% year-on-year fall.

Since the European crisis re-emerged in mid-summer, the European core has seen a rather sharp drop off in new industrial orders, while Emerging Europe (and the UK / Ireland) have shown strength (note that Greece didn't release data for November, but was down 5% from July through October).

Source: Eurostat