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Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... 0.4%. The battery of bad news that littered cyberspace yesterday and overnight had not helped relieve investors' digestion. Markit's flash PMI readings for September were out - all disappointing. China's manufacturing PMI showed manufacturing in its ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... nine-month low of 47.8 in August from 49.3 in the previous month. More fuel for the hard landers. And surprise surprise! While Markit's eurozone manufacturing PMI rose to 45.3 in August from 44 in the previous month, it remains below the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... expectations for a reading of 49.9, HSBC's PMI measure, at 48.2, was the lowest since November last year. So too is Europe's. Markit's Eurozone manufacturing was unchanged at 45.1 in June. While above the preliminary reading of 44.8, it's the l lowest ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... home sales decreased by 1.5% in May to an annualised rate of 4.55 million units - down from 4.63 mil at the start of 2012. Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI declined to 52.9 in June - the lowest reading since July 2011 - from 54.0 last month. Markit's ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... rating. And then there's the PMI - again a reminder of our expectations of not so long ago that Europe will be in recession. Markit's Eurozone PMI fell to 46 in April against expectations of a 28.1 reading and 47.7 in the previous month. Surprise, surprise. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... survey of the eurozone's manufacturing and services sectors, the so-called composite purchase managers' index published by Markit, fell in April - to 47.4 points, compared with analysts' forecasts for a slight uptick to 49.3 from last month's 49.1. The ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... approvals dropped by 7.8% in February and now stands 15.2% lower than a year ago. And outside Australia, Europe's still cactus. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing PMI dropped to 47.7 in March from 49.0 in the previous month and the unemployment rate hit ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... night, this time due to reports that China's and the euro zone's PMI's fell this month. According to HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics, China's purchasing managers' index fell to 48.1 in March to its lowest reading since November last year. What's ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Now that Greece has again been relegated to a mere afterthought, the latest PMI update from Markit Economics reminded all and sundry that, Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... activity in China had slowed for the third straight month in September. Separately, a survey by London-based researchers Markit showed that economic activity in the eurozone hit reverse in September for the first time in more than two years. The US Labor ...