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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... eurozone slowed further in September, adding to concerns that a sluggish economic recovery could be close to stalling. The Markit composite purchasing managers index fell for a second consecutive month, hitting a nine-month low of 52.3 points in September ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... in better than expectations and indicating that the economy is re-accelerating, it's a different story for the Eurozone. Markit Economics's flash Eurozone PMI for September came in lower than market expectations and down from the August reading. Markit's ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... and one could argue that the United Kingdom is strong enough to withstand a small adjustment upwards in interest rates. Markit Economics' Composite PMI index for the UK rose to a reading of 59.1 in July from 58.4 in the previous month, prompting Chris ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... 0.8% in June and 0.7% in May. The good news is that the region's economy appears to be heading in the right direction. Markit Economics' preliminary PMI survey for the Eurozone indicated that, "Business activity picked up again in July to suggest that ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... unemployment rate going forward. Not only this, the latest surveys on UK manufacturing, construction and services conducted by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising momentum in the labour market. ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... respectively. Similarly, Bloomberg reports that, "The cost of insuring senior financial debt in Europe rose for a fifth day. The Markit iTraxx Financial Index of credit-default swaps on 25 European banks and insurers rose 4.5 basis points to 73.5, the ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... the Federal Reserve 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 ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... there is nothing else to explain a drop on Wall Street given economic news reports over the past 24 hours. Certainly not Markit Economics' flash estimate of US manufacturing PMI - up to a better-than-expected 57.5 in June from 56.4 in May - nor the 4.9% ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... Index to almost 11 percent of its shares, the highest proportion since 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and Markit Securities Ltd." (Bloomberg) However, this also reinforces bullish views that stock markets would continue to go higher - ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of 56.2 in May - the highest in three months - from April's final ...

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