Eurozone Recovery Gathers Pace, Allays Fears of Recession: PMI

Eurozone Recovery Gathers Pace, Allays Fears of Recession: PMI
Customers enjoy a lunch on the terrace of a beach restaurant in Nice in France, on May 19, 2021. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
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LONDON—The recovery in eurozone business activity gathered pace last month as growth accelerated in the bloc’s dominant services industry, a survey showed, providing the latest piece of evidence suggesting the currency union will avoid a recession.

S&P Global’s Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a good barometer of overall economic health, climbed to an eight-month high of 52.0 last month from 50.3 in January, a little shy of a 52.3 preliminary reading.