据该据此表示，分享欧元的17个国家的制造和服务活动的最新调查表明，该地区的增长放缓至今年第一季度，据华尔街日报。星期四，Markit经济学据报道，其欧元区的综合采购管理人员指数于3月58日跌至57.5，表明私营部门的增长在本月期间放缓。3月份制造业的PMI跌至57.7，而服务PMI高达56.9，每月56.8。
The report estimated from the last three PMI’s that eurozone economic growth for the first quarter of 2011 reached 0.8%, which would represents an acceleration from the 0.3% growth during the fourth quarter of 2010. However, the surveys showed that the price of raw materials surged at the fastest rate since July 2008 in March, led by a sharp spike in oil prices. Manufacturers raised output prices in response by the fastest rate since the survey began 2002.本5月的资本经济学说，“经济取得了强劲的开始，2011年”，“加入了他的观点欧洲央行，“将在4月份推迟其计划的利率”，以遏制通胀压力。