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Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... trigger another downgrade in the ECB staff macroeconomic projections at the next update especially given the readings from Markit Economics' Eurozone PMI report indicating that business activity in the region was off to a weak start in the fourth ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... 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
... manufacturing - up to 51.6 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 ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... on top of its 13.8% gain in 2017. Never mind Trump, this alone calls for a currency war for as the latest HIS Markit Economics flash Eurozone PMI shows, "Eurozone expansion slows to weakest since start of 2017" - down to 55.3 in March from 57.1 in February. ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... rate since the 3.4% rate recorded in exactly one decade. The Eurozone ended 2017 with a big bang. The 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 ...

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 ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... survey pointed to a renewed rise in household debt, alongside another increase in demand for unsecured borrowing", Markit Economics noted. Not a good outlook for consumer demand. Not a good one for the economy overall as household spending accounts for ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While there's a few ups and downs, Markit Economics' fresh batch of flash PMI estimates hasn't altered from the prevailing dynamics in the world's biggest economies of continued expansion in manufacturing and service sector activity and low or easing ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Markit Economics' preliminary estimates show that while the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for the US, the Eurozone and Japan all came in below market expectations, all remained in expansion. The IHS/Markit flash US composite output index slipped ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... confidence to its best level July 2007 (pre-GFC, pre-Grexit and PIGS, pre-European sovereign debt crisis days). The latest IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI survey indicates continued strong momentum in business activity. Although, the flash Eurozone composite ...