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Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... reversing in Beijing's favour. No use re-inventing the wheel, here's Factset's news stories on latest US stats: "May IHS Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI down 2.0 m/m to 50.6 (est. 52.7), lowest since Sep-2009. New orders declined for first ...

Chief economist update: Not spring yet in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... surprising the region's economic sentiment index decreased to a 31-month low reading of 104 in April from 105.6 in March. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI for April captures all these. The IHS Markit Eurozone Composite PMI fell from 51.6 in March ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... quoted Carney saying: "Businesses have been working to put in contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit". The jump in the latest IHS/Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI to a 13-month high reading of 55.1 in March from 52.1 in the previous month bears this ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... unemployment rate would stay at current low levels at the very least or fall some more. This is the same indication from the latest IHS Markit purchasing managers' survey, showing that the Composite PMI rose to a better than expected reading of 55.7 ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... +13 in the March quarter from -11 in the previous three-month period (the highest level in one year) backed up by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK PMI surveys that showed both manufacturing (55.1) and services (51.7) remain in expansion territory. Last ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... lose momentum. The survey shows..."the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI - a composite index produced by J.P. Morgan and IHS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted 53.4 in March, down from 54.1 in February and its lowest reading since October ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... from 51.5 - that mitigated the decline in the services sector from 54.7 to 54.2. In the middle of March, Markit released its IHS/Markit China Business Outlook survey and the key findings are: "Expectations for business activity and new work remain positive ...

Chief economist update: Euro's uptrend is a downtrend risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... latest Markit Economics manufacturing PMI survey shows that it's starting 2018 with a bigger bang. The final estimate of the IHS Markit Eurozone manufacturing PMI registered its 55th month of expansion in January. It slipped to a reading of 59.6 in January ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... September forecasts of 2.2% for 2017, 1.8% for 2018 and 1.7% for 2019. This is consistent with the latest readings from the IHS Markit Eurozone survey that showed the composite PMI rising 58.1 in December 2017 - the highest since February 2011 - on the ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... and above longrun average rates. The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI(TM) - a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and IHS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM - posted 54 in November, up from 53.5 in October and its highest reading since March ...