French 商売／仕事 activity 縮むs in Aug for 4th month in 列／漕ぐ／騒動 -PMI
PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - French 商売／仕事 activity 退却／保養地d in August for the fourth month in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 as the service 部門 struggled to 伸び（る） traction, a 調査する showed on Wednesday, 重さを計るing on the 見通し for the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
Data compiler Markit said its 購入（する）ing 経営者／支配人s 索引 for services fell marginally to 50.3 from 50.4 in July, lower than a 予選 reading of 51.1.
The 索引 slipped closer to the 50-point threshold dividing 拡大s in activity from 収縮過程s.
Markit's 全体にわたる PMI 索引, which 含むs the services and 製造業の 部門s, 辛勝する／優位d higher to 49.5 from 49.4 in July, although the final reading was below the 50.0 初めは 報告（する）／憶測d.
The economy stagnated in the first two ４半期/4分の1s as companies 証明するd 気が進まない to 上げる activity in the 直面する of weak 需要・要求する にもかかわらず 大統領 Francois Hollande's 約束 to 段階 out 30 billion euros (39.38 billion US dollars) in their payroll 税金 over three years.
"With the 製造業の 部門 continuing to struggle, the French economy looks to be 延長するing its weak 業績／成果 into the third ４半期/4分の1 に引き続いて no GDP growth during the first half of the year," Markit 上級の 経済学者 Jack Kennedy said.
He 追加するd that the 調査する showed service companies 報告（する）／憶測d a rise in new orders in August, but their 商売／仕事 期待s nonetheless fell to a 15-month low.
That 示唆するd that companies are not banking on a 回復 現れるing any time soon, which was 反映するd by the fact that they stepped up 職業 削減（する）s, Kennedy 追加するd.
- 詳細（に述べる）d PMI data are only 利用できる under licence from Markit and 顧客s need to 適用する to Markit for a licence.
To subscribe to the 十分な data, click on the link below: http://www.markit.com/接触する-Us
For その上の （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）, please phone Markit on +44 20 7260 2454 or email 経済的なs@markit.com (報告（する）／憶測ing by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
