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Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit: "The latest index was the lowest ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... latest Markit/CIPS UK purchasing managers' index (PMI) surveys. The March surveys' headlines say it all: UK Manufacturing PMI hits 8-month high Business confidence at highest level for just over nine years, despite growth slowdown in March [construction ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... whisper. Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not. The primary reason being that this is old "bad news". Markit Economics' manufacturing PMI survey is newer and it's "good news" that means... Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI rose to 55.3 in March from 55.1 ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... policy operates with a lag... of around 12 months (more or less). Here are the flashes: The HSBC flash China manufacturing PMI (compiled by Markit) confirms the on-going slowdown in the Chinese economy with the flash index dropping below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... neighbour" by exporting their weakness and deflation elsewhere. The latest HSBC/Markit Economics and the official manufacturing PMI indices show that these are taking its toll on China. The HSBC manufacturing PMI remained below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... the November PMI readings only confirmed what we already know that we knew all along. At 54.7 in November, the manufacturing PMI for the US remains in expansion (albeit, it has "now dropped for three months in a row"); the Eurozone has stalled; China's ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... trading - after slumping below its 2014 opening levels in early trade. These numbers relate to HSBC's flash China manufacturing PMI for September - it printed at 50.5 - yes, two percentage points above the August reading and five percentage points over ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... seen in the past three years." The composite PMI rose to a 3-month high of 54.0 in July from 52.8 in June. The manufacturing PMI rose to a 2-month high of 51.9 in July from 51.8 in June. The services PMI rose to a 38-month high of 54.4 in July from 52.8 ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising momentum in the labour market. The jobs component of the manufacturing PMI rose to 39-month high in June, employment growth in the construction PMI surged to their fastest pace on record since ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... to raise interest rates next year." Bloomberg was undoubtedly referring to the ISM manufacturing and Markit manufacturing PMI reports released last night... and why stop when you're on a good thing... there's also the US weekly retail sales report and ...