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Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... update on China's purchasing managers' indices indicating that the economy could be losing momentum. The Caixin China Composite PMI fell to 52.2 in January, although from the 45-month high of 53.5 recorded in the previous month. Still, this is the lowest ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... Although down slightly to a preliminary estimate of 54.3 in January (from 54.4 in December), the Markit flash Eurozone composite output index is the second highest reading since December 2015 "and one of the highest readings seen over the past five-and-a-half ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... favourable reports on the region's economic growth outlook, notably coming from the strong purchasing managers' indices - composite PMI (54.4 in December); manufacturing PMI (54.9) and services PMI (53.7) - the equity market's resurgence since Trump's ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... the labour market to lift inflation. The latest PMI surveys offer good tidings. Markit Economics' final Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 54.4 in December from a preliminary reading of 53.9 and 53.9 in November. It is the highest reading since May of 2011 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
US composite PMI Markit Economics' flash US composite PMI fell to a reading of 53.7 in December - the lowest in three months - from November's final reading of 54.9 as stronger expansion in manufacturing (to 54.2 in December from 54.1) was more than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... over the expansion/contraction line and (except for October) remains the highest level this year. Eurozone Markit composite PMI Markit Economics' final PMI readings show accelerating Eurozone economic activity. The composite PMI for the Eurozone rose ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... current conditions index was at 104.3 and the expectations index was at 82.9. Eurozone PMI The flash Markit Eurozone composite PMI rose to a reading of 54.1 in November, up from 53.3 in the previous month and beating market expectations for an unchanged ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... to 115.0 from 114.7. The positive reading follows Markit Economics latest PMI survey for Germany that showed the Composite PMI rising to 55.1 in October - the highest reading in three months -- from 52.8 in the previous month on the back of accelerating ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... manufacturing and service sectors could increase on-going tapering speculations by the ECB. Markit's flash Eurozone PMI composite output index rose to a 10-month high reading of 53.7 in October from 52.6 in September driven by strong gains in both manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... (from 177K initially). This is the slowest increase since the 149K addition recorded in April this year. Markit US composite PMI Markit's final estimate of US composite PMI rose to a reading of 52.3 in September from 51.5 in August and the preliminary ...