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Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... increase slipping to the weakest since January". Not exactly similar to the US or the Eurozone, are the indications from the Nikkei flash manufacturing PMI. While the index has declined to an eight-month low of 52.2 in July from 52.4 in the previous ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... economic growth, inflation remains a no-show. Despite a slight dip to 52.9 in June from 53.9 in the previous month, the Nikkei Japan composite PMI showed expanding activity for the ninth straight month. Services activity rose to a reading of 53.3 in ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... in the first quarter to 7 in the second quarter - the best reading since Q1 2007. Similarly, the final estimate of the Nikkei Japan Manufacturing PMI increased to 52.4 in June from a preliminary estimate of 52.0. Although down from May's final reading ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... greatest extent for just over six years, the survey suggests that inflationary pressures persist in supply chains." The Nikkei/Markit Japan flash manufacturing PMI eased to a seven-month low reading of 52.0 in June from May's final reading of 53.1 on ...

Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... companies it invests in. It found better conversations need to take place between all parties. Majority of the 272 JPX Nikkei Index companies surveyed said the GPIF should provide greater opportunities for them to directly communicate with the investors ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... right direction ever since the nuclear threat tit-for-tat between the US and North Korea was taken off the headlines. The Nikkei-225 index has rebounded by 8.5% from the four-month low plumbed in mid-April and is up 4.1% this year to date. Similarly ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... suggesting that "GDP growth of 0.6% could be seen in the first quarter if this pace of expansion is sustained into March". The Nikkei flash Japan composite and services PMI has yet to be released but the manufacturing PMI already provides encouraging ...

Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... January meeting. Just as well for indications remain ambivalent. Sunrise. Manufacturing activity expansion accelerates. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January from 52.4 in the previous month. This is higher than market ...

Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... the latest PMI updates for the US and the Eurozone, Japan's manufacturing sector started the New Year with a smile. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January from 52.4 in the previous month. This is higher than market expectations ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... sharply above market expectations for an improvement to 41.3 and is the highest level in three years (September 2013). The Nikkei-225 index jumped by 9.6% in the two months to the end of December 2016 as the yen depreciated by 10.6% versus the greenback ...