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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... December 2015 when the Fed lifted off last December. Eurozone retail PMI Some good news out of the euro area. Markit Economics' Eurozone retail PMI - which tracks monthly changes in like-for-like retail sales in the region's three biggest economies (Germany ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... rate in a year. Further acceleration over the next three-month period appears to be at risk now gauging from Markit Economics' latest PMI surveys. The flash composite PMI slipped from 53.0 in April to 52.9 in May - a slight slip but that was enough to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... sister services PMI in February, the survey data are pointing to very modest GDP growth in the first quarter." (Markit Economics) Markit flash Eurozone composite PMI A sharp improvement in the eurozone's services sector in March - Services PMI Activity ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... positive sentiment could become self-fulfilling engendering more positives. A virtuous cycle, if you will. And if Markit Economics' latest manufacturing PMI updates on three of the world's biggest economies are anything to go by, we can surely do with ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... conditions, as well as by the earlier progress made with fiscal consolidation and structural reforms". The latest Markit Economics December Flash Eurozone PMI report gives credence to the ECB's outlook: "The eurozone economy enjoyed a comfortably solid ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... back of the weakening US factory sector would be, at the very least, offset by the service sector. Perhaps not. Markit Economics' flash US Services PMI slowed from 55.1 in September to a less than expected 54.4 reading in October -- the weakest rise ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... the underlying trend is towards continued moderate improvement in the economy. This is affirmed by the latest Markit Economics' PMI survey that showed the eurozone's composite PMI, while lower than the 54.2 reading recorded in June, was still expanding ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... year. Latest data indicating weakness in the Empire State and Philly Fed surveys - and the loss of momentum in Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing PMI - shows that this study would not surprise the US manufacturing sector, they've been feeling it ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... against expectations of 12. Ok, Ok and sure, sure is limited to the Philly district business conditions. But Markit Economics' US manufacturing PMI gives the same indication. "The Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI registered 53.4 in June, down from 54.0 ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... cries into a whisper. Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not. The primary reason being that this is old "bad news". Markit Economics' manufacturing PMI survey is newer and it's "good news" that means... Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI rose to 55.3 in March ...