Euro area business activity keeps steadier in August, reaffirms ECB policy pathway

A quick catch-up of the PMI prints that we got for today: Spain August services PMI: 57.8 (previously 58.3) Spain August composite PMI: 55.8 (previously 56.5) Italy August services PMI: 55.2 (previously 52.5) Italy August composite PMI: 53.6 (previously 52.5) France August final…