继2月份下调0.8%后，2024年3月德国工厂订单环比下降0.4%，比市场预测的0.4%的增长还要糟糕。如果不包括大规模订单，3月份的新订单增长了0.1%。在制造业中，飞机、船舶和火车的订单减少了2.3%，制造金属制品的订单也减少了（-4.5%）。相比之下，汽车行业（1.1%）和电气设备制造业（5.9%）的新订单有所增加。此外，资本和中间产品的新订单下降了0.4%，但消费品部门的新订单增长了0.7%。国内订单下降3.6%，国外订单增长2%，欧元区订单增长10.6%，欧元区以外订单下降2.9%。波动较小的三个月与三个月的比较显示，2024年1月至3月期间的新订单比前三个月减少了4.3%。

Factory orders in Germany declined 0.4% month-over-month in March 2024, following a downwardly revised 0.8% fall in February, and worse than market forecasts of a 0.4% rise. When large-scale orders are excluded, new orders in March were 0.1% higher. Within manufacturing, orders of aircraft, ships, trains shrank 2.3% and those for manufacture of fabricated metal products were also lower (-4.5%). In contrast, increases in new orders were seen for the automotive industry (1.1%) and the manufacture of electrical equipment (5.9%). Also, new orders for capital and intermediate goods were down 0.4% but those for consumer goods sector rose 0.7%. Domestic orders declined 3.6% while foreign ones jumped 2%, with those from the euro area increasing by 10.6% while orders from outside the euro area dropped 2.9%. The less volatile three-month on three-month comparison showed that new orders were 4.3% lower in the period from January to March 2024 than in the previous three months.