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Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... the third, before contracting by 0.7% (there's that "7" again) in the final quarter of 2020. Readings from the latest IHS/Markit Eurozone PMI surveys - both the composite and services PMI fell deeper into contraction territory, to 47.8 and 45.4 in ...

Northern Trust boosts whole office strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... management platform to streamline its front-to-back office operations offering for asset managers. The alliance will integrate IHS Markit's thinkFolio with Northern Trust's middle office outsourcing platform and both firms will leverage each other's ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... the COVID-19 vaccine and some skepticism over its effectiveness that, in turn, are weighing on business activity. The latest IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI showed that although overall activity improved from the six-month low reading of 45.3 in November ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... by 1.1% in the month of November, following a 0.1% fall in the previous month for its second straight month of decline. The IHS Markit Flash US PMI finds that this continued in December. Here are its key findings: Flash US Composite Output Index at 55.7 ...

S&P to buy competitor for $60bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
S&P Global will spend about $60 billion in stock to buy data and analytics provider IHS Markit, with the two merging by 2021 end. S&P and IHS Markit have entered a definitive merger agreement that is unanimously approved by both their boards and are ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... prior -9.5% and its 2021 forecast to +7.25% from +9%. UK GDP dropped by 21.5% in the year to the second quarter. The latest IHS/CIPS UK PMI surveys give credence to the Treasury and the central bank's move. Although still in expansion the composite ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... managers' index) draws a picture of the three shapes of the economic recovery or otherwise. The letter V. Masked or unmasked, the IHS/Markit flash US composite PMI continues to gather momentum, increasing its rate of expansion to 55.5 in October ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... -- like in most other nations around the world - sparked a recovery in economic activity, underscored by the rebound in the IHS/CIPS purchasing managers indices (PMI). This is to be expected as people were again allowed to socialise and shop at re-opened ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... avoid the surge in cases seen in other European countries." The impact on the economy has already been captured in the latest IHS Markit Eurozone PMI survey. The composite index dropped back to a three-month low reading of 50.1 in September - the second ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... GDP growth to bounce back by 6.0% in 2021, stronger than the 4.8% recovery in advanced economies. The sharp recovery in the IHS Markit Eurozone composite PMI to a level indicating expansion in July (54.9) from the record low reading of 13.6 in April ...