The German August PMI data has just been released and as suspected it was not good. All three component reports missed on the downside and that has sent the EUR/USD below the noted 1.1139 level and it surely tripped stops below that level too. The report on the German PMI data is not painting a good picture on the German economy at all. Notably, the manufacturing index fell to 42.1 from 43.2. The DAX has reacted negatively to this data too, as indeed it should because it was lousy. The Index did spike above 18,500 after the French data, but is tracking back towards 18,450 now, as the EUR/USD falls back towards 1.1125