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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... to 96.54. US non-manufacturing PMI Depending on which survey you follow, the US service sector either improved a bit - Markit's final US services PMI inched up to 51.4 in June from 51.3 in the previous month, as an expansion in new business to its fastest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... evolves, the FPC stands ready to take any further actions deemed appropriate to support financial stability." Eurozone PMI Markit's final June estimate of the Eurozone's composite output came in at 53.1 - up from the flash reading of 52.8 but unchanged ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... in June from 51.0 in the previous month. UK construction PMI No surprises here. Brexit uncertainty has pulled down the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI down to a reading of 46 in June from 50.5 in the previous month - the first contraction in UK construction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... and 1.8 in December 2015 when the Fed lifted off last December. Eurozone retail PMI Some good news out of the euro area. Markit Economics' Eurozone retail PMI - which tracks monthly changes in like-for-like retail sales in the region's three biggest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI reports - and flat activity indicated by the Markit US manufacturing PMI - the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index pointed to accelerating activity in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... value of construction work done dropped by 6.7% in the first quarter, following a 4.3% fall in the December 2015 quarter. Markit flash US services PMI It appears that it's not only the US manufacturing sector that's slowed in May, the services industry ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Markit Flash US Manufacturing PMI If indications from Markit's preliminary estimate of US manufacturing activity is accurate, then talks of a Fed rate hike in June and/or "two or three" lifts this year could be just that, talk. The flash US manufacturing ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... second quarter. At 50.1 in April, the J.P.Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI - a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted a reading barely above its no-change level of 50.0 and the second weakest during ...