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PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond. While it's tempting to correlate these PMI readings with the effectiveness (or not) of the monetary policy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... perked up after a survey showed eurozone business activity hit a near four-year high in March. The closely watched Markit Economics report Composite Purchasing Managers Output Index (PMI) rose to 54.1 points from 53.3 in February, putting it well above ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... after appreciating by 11.9% last year -- has been winning that America's beginning to lose. A recent report by Markit Economics shows money flowed out of US-exposed equity funds (net outflow of US$16.8 billion) and into Eurozone-exposed (net inflow of ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... the same time "beggars their neighbour" by exporting their weakness and deflation elsewhere. The latest HSBC/Markit Economics and the official manufacturing PMI indices show that these are taking its toll on China. The HSBC manufacturing PMI remained ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... compounded by indications that global demand would remain subdued at the same time. We know from last week, when Markit Economics released its final read of the Eurozone Composite PMI for November that the region's economy is stagnating. Don't take my ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
You wouldn't miss it even if you tried. Markit Economics did a dump - a dump of fresh PMI data, that is - but after a brief knee-jerk reaction from the financial markets, everything went back to where they were. As they should. This is because the November ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... than expectations and indicating that the economy is re-accelerating, it's a different story for the Eurozone. Markit Economics's flash Eurozone PMI for September came in lower than market expectations and down from the August reading. Markit's heading ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... could argue that the United Kingdom is strong enough to withstand a small adjustment upwards in interest rates. Markit Economics' Composite PMI index for the UK rose to a reading of 59.1 in July from 58.4 in the previous month, prompting Chris Williamson ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... June and 0.7% in May. The good news is that the region's economy appears to be heading in the right direction. Markit Economics' preliminary PMI survey for the Eurozone indicated that, "Business activity picked up again in July to suggest that the economy ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... going forward. Not only this, the latest surveys on UK manufacturing, construction and services conducted by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising momentum in the labour market. The jobs component ...