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Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Shine, shine, shine, let it shine Thank you strong US dollar. Just as the latest PMI updates for the US and the Eurozone, Japan's manufacturing sector started the New Year with a smile. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... reading since December 2015 "and one of the highest readings seen over the past five-and-a-half years". The manufacturing PMI rose to 55.1 in January - the highest in 69 months - from 54.9 in the previous month. Sustained growth of new orders and improved ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... animal spirits that is - among US manufacturers. This is the indication from the just-released Markit Flash US Manufacturing PMI. The preliminary estimate shows the index rising to 55.1 in January from 54.3 in the previous month. This is the best reading ...

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 ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... that include stronger than expected industrial production and increasing expansion in the surveys of purchasing managers (PMI). The European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). Financial markets would look for signals from the ECB regarding ...

The UK's still OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Brexit worries aside, the UK economy remains OK. Along with the latest improvement in business and consumer confidence and PMI surveys, industrial and manufacturing output has bounced back. To be sure, market expected industrial and manufacturing rebound ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... reading of 6 - the lowest since June quarter 2013 -- in the previous three quarters. This is consistent with the Markit/Nikkei PMI surveys that showed improvement in both the manufacturing (up to 52.4 in December from 51.3 in November) and services sector ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... prices in the near-term. The ECB needs strong growth to reduce the slack in 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 ...

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  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... and August's 2.3%. Persistent US dollar strength should ease pressure on consumer price increases. US Markit manufacturing PMI If the trend improvement in the country's manufacturing PMI continues - against a backdrop of a strong US dollar - then the ...