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Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... provided a comprehensive deal is reached within 90 days) - the growth momentum is slowing. China's official manufacturing PMI declined to a reading of 50 in November from 50.2 in the previous month - indicating that the economy has reached the point ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... companies." The composite output index is derived from indications in the manufacturing and services sectors. The manufacturing PMI improved... but only just - rising to a reading of 50.1 in October from 50.0 in the previous month - prompting Dr. Zhengsheng ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone growth slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... 25-month low. Flash Eurozone Services PMI Activity Index at 53.3 (54.7 in September). 24-month low. Flash Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Output Index at 51.2 (52.7 in September). 46-month low. Flash Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 52.1 (53.2 in September). ...

Chief economist update: China on the down low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... August as the improvement in the service sector (up to 53.1 from 51.5) was largely offset by a decline in the manufacturing PMI to 50.0 (neither expanding nor contracting) in September from 50.6 in the previous month - the fourth straight month of deceleration. ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... 2012 and 38.5% in 2006. This is given credence by the latest indications from the Caixin PMI indices where the manufacturing PMI slowed (but only marginally) - the one exposed to the trade spat - to 50.0 in September from 50.6 in the previous month while ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... Trump administration is reportedly preparing tariffs on US$200 billion on imports from China. The latest China manufacturing PMI surveys - which track the sector most affected by the trade stoush - are already showing signs of buckling. China's official ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... year with his trade protectionist policy aimed at "making America great again!" The latest J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey - the sector most susceptible to the war on trade - showed that while the index remains at expansion territory (above ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... (preliminary estimate) from 54.9 in April. This is the best reading in three months on the back of gains in both the manufacturing PMI - up to a 44-month high reading of 56.6 in May from 56.5 in April) and the services PMI - up 55.7 from 54.6. By IHS ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
If the just-released results of the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey are any indication, the synchronised global upswing that was the stuff of investor optimism in the latter part of last year is beginning to lose momentum. The survey shows..."the ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... both the government and Caixin indicated the economy is marking time, at best. The official PMI survey showed manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 54.4 in February from 55.3 in the previous month and the services PMI went down to 50.3 - just above ...