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Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... (up 0.03% overnight). This is because Markit's flash PMI reading for the region was neither here nor there. The composite PMI slipped a bit to 52.7 (still in expansion - above 50) in Feb from 52.9 in the previous month. The manufacturing PMI edged down ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... of troubles past - and present -- have come back to haunt...all at once? The ghost of China slowing. HSBC's China composite PMI - manufacturing and services - dipped into contraction territory for the first time in 10 months to 49.8 in June from 50.9 ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Virginia, some green shoots are even appearing. The latest of which is Markit Economics' report that the eurozone's composite PMI rose to a 10-month high if 48.6 in January from 47.2 in December. Yup, still in contraction territory (below 50) but it's ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... they can always adjust up in April... maybe. The good. Though still in contraction territory, the Eurozone's flash composite PMI improved to a reading of 47.5 in January - the third straight increase and the highest in 10 months - from 46.1 in December. ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... 22-month low of 53.7 in September - and falling deeper into contraction territory in the Eurozone. The region's composite PMI dropped to 46.1 last month from 47.2 in August. We're doomed! We'll never make it! The bad news is here is that as long as Europe ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary composite PMI showed that Europe's services and manufacturing activity "unexpectedly" dropped to 49.7 in February versus 50.4 in the previous ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... enough. Last night's October purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers pointed in the "R" direction. The Eurozone composite PMI dropped to a reading of 47.2 this month - the lowest since July 2009 -- from 49.1 in September, with the contraction in both ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... from 51.6 in July. The manufacturing PMI slid to 49.7-its first sub-50 reading since September 2009. The euro zone composite PMI - manufacturing and services combined - was flat at 51.1. And these were good because...? At least for America, there's no ...