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Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... and restrictions in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were eased in many territories". Not only that, the IHS Markit Global Sector PMI survey "signalled strengthening growth in a number of global sectors in August, led by healthcare ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 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). The composite PMI continues to strengthen, rising to a reading of 59.1 in August - ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... followed it, the second wave now hitting the single currency region is slowing economic activity. This is evidenced by the latest IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI survey. The flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell back to a two-month low reading ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 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). The manufacturing PMI rose to a reading of 50.3 in June (indicating expansion), the ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... and the first to ease restrictions. But it was the Eurozone that suffered the most - underscored by the sharper drop in the IHS/Markit Eurozone PMI that dropped from an expansion reading of 51.6 in February 2020 to a record low 13.6 two months later. ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... 5.7% in March 2019 to 4.1% in December - before the pandemic to 3.1% in the year to the March quarter of 2020. Worse, the IHS/Markit India composite PMI remained at an extremely low 14.8 in May after dropping to a single-digit reading of 7.2 in April ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... in the March 2020 quarter that followed a 1.0% growth in the December 2019 quarter. Despite the recent improvement in the IHS Markit Eurozone PMI surveys -- composite PMI increased to a reading of 31.9 in May from a record low of 13.6 in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... in the March 2020 quarter that followed a 1.0% growth in the December 2019 quarter. Despite the recent improvement in the IHS Markit Eurozone PMI surveys -- composite PMI increased to a preliminary reading of 30.5 in May (from a record low of 13.6 in ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... 2018). This translates to an annualised rate of minus 14.4% and minus 3.3% year-on-year. The drop in the flash estimate of the IHS/Markit Eurozone composite PMI to an all-time low of 13.5 in April from 29.7 in March suggests that the second quarter is ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Economics PMI surveys reveal the extent of the impact social restrictions and lockdowns is having on economic activity: The IHS/Markit flash US composite PMI output index dropped to a reading of 27.4 in April - "the fastest reduction in private sector ...