ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: BUSINESS INDICATOR RISES, ECONOMIC SENTIMENT INDICATOR FALLS IN JULY.

The EU's economic sentiment indicator fell slightly in July, by 0.2% to 99.7. In the Euro-zone, the indicator fell by the same amount, from 99.6 in June to 99.4 in July. At the same time, the Euro-zone's business climate indicator rose by 0.1%, reaching a value of -0.35. The Commission puts this increase down to an improvement in the assessment of production trends in the recent past and the fall of stocks...